Blogging as a ..

The word blogging evolved from journaling or keeping a log on the Internet or web, or web log, without the "we." Since the first online logs, or blogs, the use has continued to evolve and is commonly used by wannabe columnist or journalist to publish their ideas and comments. Some of the better blogs have extensive regular readerships and fans. Others fall by the wayside.

Blogs must have a purpose, a goal, a reason to exist (such as in this class because the instructor says so with the hope that we will "collaborate" in our information gathering and dissemination.

As we grow throughout this course, consider the reason for a blog if you were to develop one beyond this class, your audience and how you would develop that audience as a readership. What will make your blog unique and interesting? Might it be ideas that you tried in the classroom and you want to share the responses to those activities? Might it be poetic prose about the changing season in your hometown? Might it be suggestions for resources for your students' projects? Might it be that blogging isn't the tool for the job at this time?