Week 3 Reflection on 'Blogs'

Hi everybody. Hope you are all continuing to develop new skills when it comes to using ICT's!
This week we have been asked to reflect on our learning about blogs. As with any ICT, blogs have both positives and negatives. I have decided to use a PMI to investigate both the positives and negatives of blog pages in learning and also things which I think are interesting about blogs.

 

Positive	Minus	Interesting
·         Blogs have the potential to reach a very wide audience of learners. ·         You are able to receive instant feedback via others commenting on a post. ·         As teachers, we can create links to other online resources which our students can then use. ·         It is ‘your’ blog. You are in control of what is posted.	·         Blogs are more time consuming than other methods. ·         Anybody can see what you post; people from outside your class can access information you may not want them to.	·         I think it encourages greater communication between a teacher and a student. ·         Blogging is now embedded in the curriculum

 

It is clear to me that blogs will play a pretty major role in children's learning in the coming years. Blogs encourage learner-centred learning and teachers are going to play an important role in facilitating this learning.

Cheers
Lachlan