I was excited when I saw that assignment 2 was to create a blog for a number of reasons. I have been meaning to create some type of web space for quite a while. I've made things for other people, for my wife, for my students, but I've never made my own. I've never even made myself a myspace or a facebook page. (though I did maintain a myspace for my band for a long time and I've rebelled against facebook) I was also excited about creating a blogger because knew that I would get to brush up on my CSS skills. I never really got too deep into div tags and CSS layouts when I was doing freelance work, so I felt that this would be a great opportunity for me to work on it. I felt that way until I spent around 6 hours coming up with nothing that I liked. Alas, I just don't know enough to come up with something great in a few days. I decided to go simple and only change the html in a few places. I figured that I could make something simple and great or I could be complicated and mediocre... I chose the first one.
As I've come to know a bit more about blogs and the whole "blogosphere", I've come to realize that many people have blurred the lines between news and blogs. Even on mainstream media, there is more commentary and blogs then there are actual news stories. Blogs have created the opportunity for everyone to write letters to the editor with a trillion potential readers if they optimize their pages right. This is also the case for educators. Instructors have the potential to share their knowledge with countless students and readers. This can be a great tool for instruction but also a great resource to open dialogue about an idea. I have been to many blogs where the instructor will post a tutorial or lesson and then go back and change something based upon a comment made by a reader. This is not just a novel tool, but a way for knowledge and understanding to be shared and deepened among people.
I'm excited that this blog will turn into my Blogfolio and that I will have this for my e-portfolio. If you haven't noticed, I'm putting the assignments as new page postings (listed up top), discussions, and reflections as normal blog posts.
I hope you enjoy
don't panic
mt
As I've come to know a bit more about blogs and the whole "blogosphere", I've come to realize that many people have blurred the lines between news and blogs. Even on mainstream media, there is more commentary and blogs then there are actual news stories. Blogs have created the opportunity for everyone to write letters to the editor with a trillion potential readers if they optimize their pages right. This is also the case for educators. Instructors have the potential to share their knowledge with countless students and readers. This can be a great tool for instruction but also a great resource to open dialogue about an idea. I have been to many blogs where the instructor will post a tutorial or lesson and then go back and change something based upon a comment made by a reader. This is not just a novel tool, but a way for knowledge and understanding to be shared and deepened among people.
I'm excited that this blog will turn into my Blogfolio and that I will have this for my e-portfolio. If you haven't noticed, I'm putting the assignments as new page postings (listed up top), discussions, and reflections as normal blog posts.
I hope you enjoy
don't panic
mt
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