Blogging...

As many of my peers, I was aware blogging existed and what it was before this class. However, it never really appealed to me. I do enjoy reading some other blogs- for example the popular perezhilton.com, but mostly because I enjoy celebrity news and gossip and it's quicker to get on Perez's blog than it is to wait for the new issue of People to come out every week (not to mention cheaper.) Apart from that, right now, I don't see a use for blogging, personally. There is a good chance I will use it in my classroom in some form, although I'm not sure exactly how yet (especially since I'll hopefully be with younger elementary-age kids). It is a tool worth keeping in the back of my mind though, much like many of the tools I've learned about in EDT400. What I HAVE learned though, is how to use the blogging tool on google to quickly search for other education blogs. I've done that a few times and have found a lot of really cool blogs maintained by teachers around the country which is a different way to see what's going on in other schools and how the teachers personally feel about it. I learned how extensive blogs can be and the uses they serve which has made me more informed and will help me be able to more easily find out about education-related subjects, whether they be from a personal account or a professional one.