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Why I want to Blog
Posted by Irma
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8/04/2009 11:34:00 AM
This week's Reflection Post reminds me of an email I received from a parent of a student. The parent wanted to share a comment their child made as she worked through a study guide for a unit test. Her comment was "Why is Mrs. Bauer always making us think?" The parent went on to thank me for making her daughter think. Thanks to Nicole and Robin for making us think. Just like my student had to think about the material I was going to test them over, I have to think about why and if I want it blog. So instead of putting it on the back burner, I need to take care of it now.
The blogs we were asked to read this week all dealt with education and technology in some way. The audience was teachers. The information was about teaching and technology. All of them had a unique message. I was particularly interested in the blogs about students blogging. They had different messages about the impact of blogging with students. If I were doing a blog with students, I would participate in the discussion more as suggessted by Konrad Glogowski in his post, Thought on Assessment. The blogs I read this week either gave me new ideas to try or helped me to better understand what I thought.
I have thought a lot this week about what I want to do for a blog. Since I am beginning a new position as an Instructional Technology Specialist for a High School, I thought about what I could do to better serve the teachers on our campus as well as reflecting on my job. As I read through the different blogs, including some of our class blogs, it became apparent to me that blogging is a way to solidfy thoughts and ideas. I like Will's comment "I blog to remember". As I acquire new knowledge and skills, I find that writing about them helps me to remember. It is especially helpful for those skills that you may not use right away or very often. I appreciate the blogs written by our RRISD Technology Specialists. I am not always ready to use a particular idea when I hear about it. When I get around to using something I heard about, I like that I can go back to a blog and retrieve the information. One of the questions I thought of this week was "Is there too much information out there?" The answer has to be yes, but I am beginning to see that it is OK to have lots of sources to turn to.
During the beginning blog class, I read a Blog by Dareen Draper, Drape's Takes. He wrote 8 reasons why teachers should blog. My favorite one is reason 8, "Blogging allows you to finish what you had originally intended to say." As teachers, we are often side tracked as we reflect or try to write or say something. Blogging gives us a reason to finish what we started. I am going to blog so I can finish what I start. I hope to have useful information about topics that are brought to my attention as I work to spread technology and ideas on our campus. Of course all of this will require thinking and reflecting as I allow myself to finish what I originally intended to say.
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The blogs we were asked to read this week all dealt with education and technology in some way. The audience was teachers. The information was about teaching and technology. All of them had a unique message. I was particularly interested in the blogs about students blogging. They had different messages about the impact of blogging with students. If I were doing a blog with students, I would participate in the discussion more as suggessted by Konrad Glogowski in his post, Thought on Assessment. The blogs I read this week either gave me new ideas to try or helped me to better understand what I thought.
I have thought a lot this week about what I want to do for a blog. Since I am beginning a new position as an Instructional Technology Specialist for a High School, I thought about what I could do to better serve the teachers on our campus as well as reflecting on my job. As I read through the different blogs, including some of our class blogs, it became apparent to me that blogging is a way to solidfy thoughts and ideas. I like Will's comment "I blog to remember". As I acquire new knowledge and skills, I find that writing about them helps me to remember. It is especially helpful for those skills that you may not use right away or very often. I appreciate the blogs written by our RRISD Technology Specialists. I am not always ready to use a particular idea when I hear about it. When I get around to using something I heard about, I like that I can go back to a blog and retrieve the information. One of the questions I thought of this week was "Is there too much information out there?" The answer has to be yes, but I am beginning to see that it is OK to have lots of sources to turn to.
During the beginning blog class, I read a Blog by Dareen Draper, Drape's Takes. He wrote 8 reasons why teachers should blog. My favorite one is reason 8, "Blogging allows you to finish what you had originally intended to say." As teachers, we are often side tracked as we reflect or try to write or say something. Blogging gives us a reason to finish what we started. I am going to blog so I can finish what I start. I hope to have useful information about topics that are brought to my attention as I work to spread technology and ideas on our campus. Of course all of this will require thinking and reflecting as I allow myself to finish what I originally intended to say.
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