Blog #3

Blogging is about writing to an audience. Do you feel like anyone is reading your blogs (aside from me!)? For this week I would like you to read at least FOUR other blog entries by fellow classmates and comment on them. Then, I would like you to write in your own blog a few insights about what you read: For example, did it feel good to read what other preservice teachers were writing? Was this medium helpful? How did you feel about posting the comments? Do you feel like this exchange gives you any insights into running blog exercises with your own students?
I really enjoyed reading my fellow classmates blogs! Most of them were in the same boat as me in that this was their first time blogging. For me its hard to think of what to write about in these blog entries since they are for a class and I am so used to writing formal papers for classes. After reading some of the other blogs, though, it gave me a better idea about what type of writing is appropriate to use when writing a blog. Even though getting to read these blogs was helpful, I was a little hesitant at first about posting comments. When I came into this class I only knew one person and we are the only two early childhood education people. I had a lot of fun reading the blogs and getting to know my classmates a little better but once it came time to comment my brain just shut down and I couldn't think of anything to say, I just stared at the screen hoping that I could think of something, anything, to write. And then when I did actually write my comments I realized after that I started all of them the same way, "this is my first blog too!" I hope as the quarter progresses I get more comfortable with what to say both in my actual blogs and also in my comments.


I liked reading my classmates perspectives on blogging and seeing how many of them said that they hope to use it in their own classrooms. The idea of using a blog in a classroom, to me, seems like an excellent idea! The only problem is that I would like to be a kindergarten teacher and I do not think that a five year-old would benefit from blogging. If I was teaching a grade level where using a blog would be more appropriate, though, I think that I would definitely use it as a tool in my classroom. I think that blogging is a great was to incorporate writing and technology because it is a way to appeal to a larger group of kids. Some kids hate writing but love technology so by being able to to integrate the two this might give the kids who hate writing an opportunity to actually enjoy it and have fun doing it!