Blogging

During he term we discussed the concept of blogging. In a nutshell, to me, blogging is just an online version of a journal. I have always had trouble remembering past reflections, and have always had trouble analysing things I have previously done or read for others, so the easy, useful concept of a blog can be used for future references, to comment others opinions and for collaboratively working with others and would be useful to a teacher and students in a classroom. The use of a journal / blog give students the opportunity to reflect on what they have learnt and to share with others their thoughts and opinions. The use of reflection through blogs gives the students the ability t revisit what they have learnt and this can help the transition between long term and short term memory. Blogging can create critical thinking of not only students personal work but of the work of others, this can enhance how students see things and can give them responsibility of there own thinking and learning and gives them the opportunity to be individual and in control of how they want to learn and what works for them. Online bloggers can change the fonts of texts, the size and also the colour of chosen texts allowing the students to be creative and make the work they do there own and have the ability to create a fun and free environment while still educating students. Students can add background pictures or artwork and change the layout of their chosen blogs to suit them and their personality. ICT skills can be developed and enhanced through the use of bloggers, students will have to create log in and passwords giving them responsibility, and will be able to change settings and also can learn to format in HTML.
The use of blogs in convenient and I think would be a useful tool in a learning environment for both students and teachers.

DaniiBella Xx