The fours week blogging course has come to an end, and it’s time to reflect.
It has been an intensive four weeks and I’ve met a lot of friendly and very motivated people.
They have overcome problems and persevered to create their own space in the internet. It is easy to forget how daunting that can.
And so I applaud all of you from the course who have taken the first step.
Of course, not everyone managed to create a blog and some dropped out of sight (site!). But this too is a natural phenomenon and not to be scoffed at or scolded. Perhaps the time wasn’t right, or perhaps a second start will be needed.
For those of you who couldn’t or didn’t carry on for whatever reason, I thank you for joining the course anyway and hope that you have been able to take with you something of it for a later point in time.
For those of you who have questioned whether using blogs for teaching and learning purposes (I stress the learning part!) is worth the time involved, I can assure you that this is a good question and worth exploring further. What added value will a blog give your learners? The WOW effect? A new look for old methods? Or can it induce a new kind of methodology, or simply an addition outside the classroom that wasn’t possible before?
I’m sure there will be those of you blogging about that as well, and I look forward to reading your discoveries and conclusions for in everything I teach I make sure that I am learning.
The changes in technology are continueous. As Jenny stated in the live session, you may become used to a certain tool and then suddenly find it gone or changed and have to set out to find another one. But it is nothing to be afraid of. A teacher who cannot learn cannot truely teach.
I too have plodded on and tried this and that, asked for help, led the way and let others lead me, and so I am glad to have you join me on this journey as readers, writers, teachers, and acquaintances, making the world wide web a little smaller and bit more friendly.
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Hey, Illya. So great to see you´re around! I´m sure doing a lot for the teachers near you! So, tell me more about this blogging course. Was it in your institution?
Hi Carla
It’s great to see you here! This was a blogging course for etas:
http://etasblog.wordpress.com and ESSARP together with Jenny.
Of course, I always think of your great blogs that show how real examples of collaborating, so I owe you some of my inspiration!
What are you doing with teachers nearby?
Hi Illya! As carla said in the comment above you did a lot for us teachers even if we are not so near you! I trully enjoyed the course, learnt loads of interesting things but above all built my PLE! I’ll keep on following you!