Blogs range from the personal, to social, and they can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects. It can be considered as an avenue used to express one’s self or share facts while learning new things and improve on one’s writing.
Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as sports or modern technology. Some are more diverse, presenting links to all types of other sites. And others are more like personal journals, presenting the daily life and thoughts of the blogger.
The content of a blog consists of post or entries that the blogger or author writes. Some blogs have multiple authors, each writing his/her own entry and some done together as a group.
Today in class we focused on blogging. Most of us created blogs already on blogspog however our knowledge on blogging was limited. Therefore the lecturer walked us through the features of blogs and created an apetite for blogging that got us craving more on the topic. The excitement grew when we created limericks and posted them on our blogs. We added videos and photos to enhance our posts and commented on our colleagues blogs. It was a great class in deed that ended with thoughts on a frass day, a fat cow and a man named Mr Link.
Let us blog away becauseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……………………………when you blog you ⇣
I like the image that blogging equals to share, to connect, to create and to inspire. Blogging has always been a way to connect to friends or to give your views on a certain situation or post. I reckon that the lesson on blogging was successful because now I Know how to blog and I am taking full advantage of it because like you said blogging range from personal to social even professional and my opinions matter.
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This post took me back to one of my most favourite sessions of the semester! Like you rightly said, there are many reasons for blogging and this blog is no exception. Your posts are a testament to the experiences we had and through this medium we can relieve these sessions over and over again.
ReplyDeleteAs teachers of writing I believe that this is an effective tool by which we can encourage our students to express themselves, whether it be for academic or personal purposes.
My first idea about becoming a blogger was that it would be very demanding and I do not have the time. I agree that the lecturer actually set the right mood at that particular session. The strategy of allowing us to blog limericks of our choice, showed me that blogging is a fun process. You mentioned that it is used to create, share and inspire, and that is very true.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out to be a different method through which the teacher can monitor the students' learning and the students can monitor their own learning.
Bravo!
Jina Jonas
I love this quote blogging entails creating, sharing to inspire and connect with others by read viewing post where they are able to express themselves freely and share their ideas. As a an educator I can introduce blogging to the students where I can be better able to monitor students learning . Beverley Martie
ReplyDeleteA very enlightening piece. Prior to this session I had never engaged in blogging. Having gained the exposure, I now see the relevance of a blog and how developing classroom blogs can be instrumental in teaching and developing literacy and language arts.
ReplyDeleteThis class enlightened me on blogging because I had little to no knowledge of how to go about using this format. I was able to create and publish one piece of wwriting which I included video and images to enhance. Bloggoing is a way for individuals to share experiences, inform and entertain others.
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