My opinion about blogs

I was not familiar with blogs before. I have heard of them, but never open one or read someone elses. I though they were simply to share with friends, I have not considered them as part of education. Yet, so far I think I like the idea of using them in the classroom. it is really easy to access a variety of information and students can reply to whatever they find interesting, new, or even bad. Besides, they will need to justify their thoughts to a bigger audience. I cannot think of a better way to engage them in reading and writing with a context and audience on mind.

Darren's blog

In this blog, Darren has many discussions about applying technology into the class. Also he has kind of tutorials for teachers to feel more comfortable about using some new stuff, for instance webcast.

I like that he has all these links on how to best use technology, and some examples about it.
I am not much a internet/blog/wiki person, but I think this page can help me improve about those areas.

Stephen's blog

Stephen's weblog is a place for learning online, which integrates practice, research, content, and community. The intention is for user to familiarize with technology while using it.

I like it because his blogs are not exclusively about teaching, he also discusses articles about new technological advances or educational settings. I remember reading about a school that was suit for activating students' webcams when they were home. Hence, I think he shows of the two faces of technology, and many people reply to his blogs, which I like because I get to know how people feel about such situations.

My first post

This is my post for the CI306 class.