I think blogs are very interesting tools and ways of
communication. I think using a blog can be educational,
entertaining, or just something to do. For education I think
blogs open up communication between student and teacher.
Only so much can be discussed during class time and I know
sometimes I have trouble gathering my thought on the spot.
Blogs give students time to organize their thoughts and be
expressive without having to deal with people’s facial
expression or body language, which can be discouraging or
negative. If nothing else, blogs can help people verbally
share. I don’t think it is a waste of time because, today
is all about technology and computers. Students need to be
able to effectively navigate and express themselves through
different avenues on the web. Blogs are a great and simple
idea for that.
The ideas in ch. 6 seem to focus mainly on communication,
teaching, and learning between students through the
internet. I could see myself having my students set up
“wiki” accounts and present their research like that
instead of just having them put it on paper, where I would
be the only one the information is shared with. I think it
would improve the efforts put forth in research if you knew
everybody in the world could read your research findings.