A little about myself. I am currently a second year education university student attending Central Queensland Univeristy. This blogs creation is primarily due to some of my weekly learning/reflecting requirments.
My Reflection about Blogs:
Blogs can be useful in a secondary schooling range as it allows students and classmates to collaboratively discuss a topic without the ridicule and slander some students experience in classrooms when expressing their particular views. Since many students today are much more internet/technologically literate than many older adults this enables teachers to facilitate discussion instead of recieving simple one word answers etc.
Moreover blogs can be censored and comments can be removed either by the original poster or by the Blog owner. This makes the environment much more controlled and students can be guided to make this a valuable learning experience. I have participated in many blogs/chat rooms/forums et cetra over the past three years (first time ever making one) and I always find an intellectually gripping discussion on a particular topic of interest.
The key I think for a great blog is finding a topic that will keep student interest and also allow students to express ideas amongst peers when some 'shy' students would normally sit back and say nothing whilst in the classroom. This I feel will be the greatest challenge for teachers in the future and for myself in particular.
Thanks for Reading my first post. May the gods in the world have mercy on us all.
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