For me blogging has become a way of expression and to collaborate ideas with other people. It is somewhat therapeutic and refreshing to get my ideas out there and also to hear what others have to add. The only issue is time.
Even while studying abroad where I have less school work than normal I still find it hard to find time to sit down and get caught up. So much happens in the blogging world everyday that you have to pick and choose because there is no way that anyone could look at everything. Some people devote their lives to blogging and that is what they do. Their jobs are to do research and blog about it, these people have a greater chance of being immersed in blogging and having the opportunity to be more involved.
I have found that the further and further you loose track, the harder it is to get caught up. While I was having a hard time I started to thinking about classroom teachers and the time that they have outside of the classroom. It's another added time commitment that teachers have. If teachers decide to have their students blog they need to make sure and factor in the time it will take to check up on all of their blogging while also commenting and responding to their work.
Many teachers are hesitant to incorporate technology into their daily instruction, so a good approach to implementing new things is to include an ed tech in the project. The ed tech specialist is there to aid and assist the classroom teachers with technology. Teachers should first decide what they want to be able to do with the technology and then the specialist could do the research and figure out ways to work in technology to fulfill the teachers desires. This would be extremely helpful to teachers who are unsure of themselves and don't feel confident enough to work with technology on their own.
Basically, it's a time commitment and project that classroom teachers have to want to achieve. If the teacher is serious about incorporating or using any type of technology in their classroom it is definitely possible.
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Why sit down? With so many mobile blogging options like Google Reader, posting via SMS or email, and Twitter, people can blog on the go with their mobile phone or iPod. We're no longer confined to a chair in front of a desktop computer to participate in the blogosphere. And most of us (and our students) have a digital camera right in our pocket (on our phone)--what a great opportunity!
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