Reflection #2 Blog

I learned more about creating a blog this time I created my blog. I like creating blogs and hope that when I am done with my master’s degree I will have a bit more time to create a blog just for fun. The more I do it – the more comfortable I become with it. I plan to continue to practice with blogging and utilizing this tool. This assignment is important to my field because I hope to teach online one day soon and this is a great assignment for my future students. I do believe blogs are perfect places for students to showcase their work. This gives students a way to publish their work right away. This gives students a sense of pride and accomplishment. Students can also get MUCH needed practice writing – and all without it seemingly like writing. This is a great way for students to create a blogfolio and upload all of their assignments. With all of the student’s work within the blog, teachers, students, and parents can also see the progression of work. You can read older blogs and compare them to newer blogs and see progress. This is a good way for students to assess each other’s work and make comments. This is a good way for students to start looking at what they think is good or bad and learning from each other. I think this can make them a better writer. This tool could be used in any course at almost any level. Students in 3rd grade and up could participate in blogging in some way. Third graders could create a simple blog using a template and write short stories from week to week adding a paragraph each week. Eight grade students could create a blog about possible jobs, showcasing and discussing one new job a week. Students could then post on their peer’s blog what they know or have experienced about that job. Twelfth graders could create a blog for a blogfolio uploading key assignments and then loading them on a CD to take to potential employers and/ or schools to showcase their talent. College students can use blogging as a blogfolio, to journal, or any number of things – journal their personal journey through college, use the blog as a team project to collect parts of the assignment through the semester to culminate at the end of the semester by linking the final project with a reflection. To access my blog (you are on it) click here.