Really Blogging in Education! Really!!

It's hard to anticipate how many eyebrows literally and virtually go up when you tell them you are teaching a course on blogging in education. Changing the perception from one of "blogging is either a fun fad or a venue for activists to blow off steam" to "effective and functional tools for teaching and learning." So our task of redirecting attitudes is not a small one.

I'm reading assignments in the Computers in Education and finding no big surprises. Sometimes there are confirmations of past impressions, sometimes modifications or skepticism of other vague notions. Education is moving slowly even as it changes.

In this class we should have established our basis for blogging so now we should be at the stage os digging into new uses that encourage learning and critical thinking. This will lead us into adventures with the experiences of others.

Here is a link to an article reviewed by a student in the other class. I think it adds to our collection of resources for forming our own ideas and theories.

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Burke, S., & Oomen-Early, J. (Nov-Dec 2008). That's blog worthy: ten ways to integrate blogging into the health education classroom. American Journal of Health Education, 39, 6. p.362(3). Retrieved January 16, 2010, from Academic OneFile via Gale:
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