Personally speaking I am a bit ashamed of my frustration and dread of this whole blogging experience. I had become so frustrated with the whole idea of applying apps, making my own personal background, reading other blogs, etc., that i basically hid from the whole process for a while. If I had to personally asses my progress a couple weeks ago... I would have failed miserably!! Today, i'm feelin a little more confident in my ability to build a blog. I have accomplished setting up a page correctly (i hope), but I am struggling with the ability to understand how to communicate effectively with any other blog creators or even how to follow any other blogs outside of our class.
Now, this whole frutration could just be the result of my generations social networking obsession. I can't lie. I'm addicted to the processs in which (for the need of an examples sake) facebook works! It's all delivered to you, and easy to search and view and it is all such a quick process. Instant gradification and information over load i'm afraid. That makes me confortable knowing I have everything i need at my fingertips on my home page. This sounds like a classic case of fear of the unknown in using a blog to communicate. At this point it is safe to say that there is no way i could use a blog effectively in my classroom. I would not feel like i had an effective means of communication with any parents or students. I am hoping to take a look at some other blogs that teachers use effectively in their classrooms in order to get a taste of the possibilities and cut the security of social networking that is facebook.
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