Well, now you all know how to blog, and you've all learned a little bit about searching for effective digital resources.
Now let's see you put them together!
Up until this point, the majority of the blogging in this class has been reflective in nature--students are talking about things I mention on my blog or in class. That's excellent, and that's one of the things we hoped you would do on your blog. However, blogging can be really powerful when you start to synthesize things you learn on the internet, push and stretch your own ideas, and create new theories. The blogging model goes something like this:
1. Find good ideas and sources on the internet
2. Synthesize what you are learning by referring to multiple internet sources
3. Create your own knowledge by rephrasing what it is you have learned
4. Post your new knowledge on your blog.
5. Then others start the process over again by reading what you wrote, synthesizing it, creating their own new knowledge, and posting it on their blog. And the conversation rolls on and on and on.
I challenge you to do this! Find ideas related to your teaching emphasis (it it's about using technology in your teaching emphasis, even better), think about these ideas, and post them so your blogging buddies can read and learn too. If you find a source that's especially good, put it on your blogroll (now that you know how to do it).
