Blog Reflection Post - A

I learned that blogging can be used in so many ways in the classroom. It can be used as a tool for reflection, to permit the teacher to see what the student has garnered from each lesson or reading - as used with this course. I also like the ability to use blogs to organize websites for classroom use. Rather than having to write them on the board or direct students to them, inevitably having typos and choruses of "Mine won't work!" to deal with, you could use a blog posting to corral all of these sites together. I used our group's blog as a site for participants to visit for links to copyright free music and images during the digital storytelling project.

As a learner, I was excited to discover the capabilities of the blog and the resources out there that can allow other documents to be incorporated into the blog. One site that I was led to by a colleague was www.shareslide.net, which allows the blogger the opportunity to embed PowerPoint presentations, documents, etc. without just having to copy and paste lengthy word documents (i.e.: proposals) into the blog. This is evident in my digital storytelling reflection post (blog 9).

I have had blogs of a personal nature before, so I was surprised with the ease in which a professional blog takes shape. I was concerned that this blog would become sterile, with none of my own voice showing through. However, I was surprised to learn that a little bit of me is hidden in there, among the academia.