Blog 1 - Educational Blogs

It was interesting seeing the different ways in which educators use blogs. Here are some of the ways I found blogs were used:

• Classroom blogs where students’ actively participated on what was written and what they were learning, students were able to share their experiences and knowledge.
• Blogs presenting teaching ideas and activities for educators to use in individual classes (blogs are a great places to pick up new information and teaching techniques).
• Blogs from Principals, Teachers, and Liberians giving updates to what is happening in their classrooms and at schools for parents and others to read.
• Blogs also containing video clips on classroom exercises and activities. Online conferencing could be used for this as well.
• Using blogs as a way to correspond with other classes or school in games, debts, or introducing new cultures. 

In looking through different blogs and sites, I found myself skipping over or quickly leaving pages that were covered in adds or lots of side tabs.  I loved finding a simple blog with a few pictures and paragraphs, with distinct titles and headings.

The main blogs that I looked at were:

1.  Virtual Debates (http://virtualdebate.weebly.com)

2.  Spelling It Out Blog (http://spellingitoutblog.wordpress.com)

3.  Edutech for Teachers (http://edutech4teachers.edublogs.org/?utm_campaign=Listly&utm_medium=list&utm_source=listly)

In my Learning Theory class with Debbie Field had us keep a blog through the semester to track a new skill we were learning. I found my experience became more meaningful as I wrote down my thoughts and feelings on what I was learning. It was also interesting seeing where I started and all the learning that occurred along the way.  

Being in the corporate world I could use blogs to communicate company updates, post employee trainings, unite employees (employee highlight, get to know you), or update stakeholder and the community about any exciting changes or news occurring.