Blogging About Blogs

     I think that the blog posts have worked wonderfully for this class! It is a convenient way to share information, and it is a great way to post up screenshots and snippets of all the projects we worked on. I think having a place to process information about the different Web 2.0 tools was extremely helpful. I will keep this site running for a long time because now I have a whole battery of resources to go back and look at my examples, and critiques of those examples.
      One thing that I also liked about blogging for this class is that the instructor can see when each of the students write their posts. It helped keep me on track and accountable with my deadlines and timeframes for the class. This way the instructor can see who threw things together at the last minute, and who has been working on the blogs and assignments all throughout the course.
     Another thing I loved about blogging is that we didn't have to print off response papers. I have done that for many of my other courses and I like the idea of saving paper, being able to go back and edit your ideas, and not having to keep track of paperwork. Blogging for educational purposes is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom! So much of our society is online now, anyways, so why not add the technological part of students' lives into the classroom?
     Overall, I hope to use blogging in my future classroom for things such as one minute essays, collection of assignments, responses, and reflections on reading assignments.