What is your personal opinion of blogs and blogging?
Blogs are turning into my new black hole, giving me my daily techie fix. I am sucked in every morning with all the new entries and am held there for far too long. If I do manage to get my daily blogs read, I go in search of more to add to the ever growing list! While the start up seems rather rocky, taking lots of time to find worthwhile blogs and readjusting my iGoogle page to have them show up there, I am glad I'm delving into blogs. Already my delicious bookmarks are overflowing from the new sites I've found there and, while the side trip to create an avatar was time consuming, it was fun. It really does feel like professionally I am keeping far more abreast of cutting edge technologies, something I am feeling much more humble about over the last year. Instead of intending to get around to trying that out, I jump online and download SecondLife, look at Ustream, or get an account on VoiceThread.
So, my opinion as a blog reader would be that they are worth the time invested. I gain valuable knowledge or new perspective on a variety of topics I might not otherwise be aware of. I’m learning and growing because of them.
Now, looking at myself as a blog poster is a different matter, far more personal. I am shy about posting my opinions in such a fixed, semi-permanent way to an unknown audience. Knowing how e-mail can be misinterpreted makes me gun-shy. Not knowing who my audience will be makes writing far more intimidating. Being so new in my Media Specialist role at my school, and not totally trained at that, makes me wary of not coming across too strong, something I fear a blog has the potential portray. I hope that after reading other blog postings for awhile, I’ll get over the self-consciousness and get on with it! Research shows how reflection is vital to growth, and blog demands this. I know I would love this new way to collaborate.
Blogs are turning into my new black hole, giving me my daily techie fix. I am sucked in every morning with all the new entries and am held there for far too long. If I do manage to get my daily blogs read, I go in search of more to add to the ever growing list! While the start up seems rather rocky, taking lots of time to find worthwhile blogs and readjusting my iGoogle page to have them show up there, I am glad I'm delving into blogs. Already my delicious bookmarks are overflowing from the new sites I've found there and, while the side trip to create an avatar was time consuming, it was fun. It really does feel like professionally I am keeping far more abreast of cutting edge technologies, something I am feeling much more humble about over the last year. Instead of intending to get around to trying that out, I jump online and download SecondLife, look at Ustream, or get an account on VoiceThread.
So, my opinion as a blog reader would be that they are worth the time invested. I gain valuable knowledge or new perspective on a variety of topics I might not otherwise be aware of. I’m learning and growing because of them.
Now, looking at myself as a blog poster is a different matter, far more personal. I am shy about posting my opinions in such a fixed, semi-permanent way to an unknown audience. Knowing how e-mail can be misinterpreted makes me gun-shy. Not knowing who my audience will be makes writing far more intimidating. Being so new in my Media Specialist role at my school, and not totally trained at that, makes me wary of not coming across too strong, something I fear a blog has the potential portray. I hope that after reading other blog postings for awhile, I’ll get over the self-consciousness and get on with it! Research shows how reflection is vital to growth, and blog demands this. I know I would love this new way to collaborate.
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