Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Should we use Blogger?

   Many positive things can come from a learning experience such as blogger. Yes, I said a learning experience. Although blogger may have the same fundamentals of writing your thoughts down and sharing as any normal paper assignments, its very different and has much more to offer. One thing that is key I believe, is learning from your peers through reading their post and from their comments. You will see that as a student that more than one person has something to offer.
 
   Although a negative the biggest con of blogger is that if none of your group members are participating  you cannot learn from your peers.The solution is simple, though  harsh. It could be a very necessary action to disband the group members who are not producing posts. It wouldn't be any help to switch back to paper because if people are not doing their work on their blogs what makes you think they'll do work if it is on written paper? They opportunity is very good with the blogs. It teaches teamwork and problem solving with your groups because your group might face a challenge that requires you to work together to solve.

  I have found another good learning intention. The future of the world is without a doubt going to be a very advanced place technology wise. You do not want to be, like many seniors, caught in the past. That is why it could be very useful to use technology early in diverse ways such as education, as you can see in this clip. http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2011/11/22/kindergarteners-use-ipads-not-chalkboards/ I believe that using blogs has more positives than negatives so should keep continuing using the blogs.

 

2 comments:

  1. I like the link you attached and the discussion considering both sides.

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  2. I like the link and the consideration of both sides of the argument.

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