Blogging
In
my previous post I talk about “Digital Youth”, and how children use the new technology
without any difficulties. I am still very touched by what I heard and read. So,
once more I will repeat that the new generation is much more creative than we. Furthermore,
sometimes they do help us with some obstacles that we face while using the technology.
In this post I will speak about the
blogging, something, which is very important and essential for us. Furthermore, I want to say that I am very thankful
to our professor, for integrating blogging into our classes. The reason is
that, sometime we do not have time to read our materials very thoroughly, but
we know that we are supposed to reflect about them in our blogs. So we come
back during the weekends and read them again, but this time we read very
attentively J. Another big advantage, which I want to
mention is again from my own experience. The thing is that, when I am going to
write about something interesting, sometimes I read my friend’s blogs to see
what they think about the same topic. Moreover, I go further and find out many
other interesting topics, and I do read them. Thus, we can see that blogging helps
us to be creative, and it develops our critical thinking.
Thus,
as an English language teacher I would say that I will definitely use blogging
in my classes. The reason is that, I consider the blogging to be very helpful
in the classroom. Furthermore, as Will Richardson says, it helps learners to
get involved and motivates them to continue writing in their blogs, as they
create a content for real audience. From
my point of view, saving time could be another biggest advantage, because the
teacher can read all the posts at home and give comments if necessary. It
sounds to me that, the blog is something which will stay with you forever. For
example, now I learn at the American University of Armenia, and for our classes
we use the Moodle website. We have a lot of stuff there, including our readings
and assignments. However, I do know that after graduating the University, all
the information will be vanished. While, everything that I wrote in my blog, will stay with me.
In conclusion, I want to say that I like
blogging, and I do like to write and share my thought with those people who are
interested in the same topic. Moreover, as an English teacher, I will use
blogging in my future classes for the above mentioned advantages.
Sources…
http://www.google.am/imgres?hl=hy&tbo=d&tbm=isch&tbnid=J21YCtgETe7rjM:&imgrefurl=http://www.magical-marketing.com/wanna-be-found-online-where-the-bleep-to-blog-to-get-to-page-one-of-google/&docid=FykuQJVHkUE8bM&imgurl=http://www.magical-marketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/i_love_blogging-787805.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=aau8UJjrHaqm4gSYuoGAAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=194&vpy=110&dur=1061&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=92&ty=109&sig=111153760880240863882&page=1&tbnh=137&tbnw=137&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:78&biw=1366&bih=587
