Communication+and+Collaboration+Through+Blogging

Communication and Collaboration Through Blogging Description and Process  In this assignment we were to create a Blog on Blogger. We could create any type of blog, it could have been personal, used for communication with our present day students or we could have created a blog that went along with our Virtual Classroom. I decided that it would easier to create a blog that I could put on my Virtual Classroom Blackboard and it could be used to offer students information, tips, ask questions and just be another great communiction tool for myself and the my students. I chose a green background for my blog because my course is Business and Personal Finance, so I thought green/money. I have also included a several gadgets such as; money tips of the day, pictures from Wall Street, a calendar, and a language translator. My blog area has a welcome message to my students and a question with a link for them to check out jobs with certain salary ranges in different locations.  Effectiveness as an Educational Tool

I will honest and say that I don't have a lot of experience with blogging. The whole concept of this assignment is so new to me that I am not 100% sure of its effectiveness in education. However I do think that this could be a great communication tool, it has the potential to get students engaged and possibly help in writing and developing thinking skills. I could definitely see this being used in the classroom. Maybe one I will try and see what happens.

Reflection

Once again I found myself overwhelmed and stressed at the idea of having to create a blog, primarily because I didn't know what I blog really was and what the use of the blog was going to be. After reviewing materials and having the blog assignment explained in class I felt more comfortable and was actually able to finish the creation of my blog before leaving class that night. I even made comments on two of my classmates' blogs. Since blogging in so new to me I am not sure how I truly feel about it. Just like anything else new, I think I will need some more time to work with blogs and maybe participate in blogging before I know how what my true thoughts are. I don't think it would be difficult to set up another blog and begin to use it and I think that is was a valuable assignment. One thing that I didn't like on the blog that I created was the advertisements. I found them to be very distracting and they actually took away from the overall design and content of the blog. Perhaps there is a way to remove those advertisements or have them not show up.

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