My First Blogging Experience!

The process of creating a blog was very simple. Your step-by-step directions were very clear and concise and everything worked the first time! I was amazed and impressed!

I really enjoyed reading Henry Jenkins' article about "Why Academics Should Blog..." I thought he made some compelling arguments and gave specific examples of how blogging can be beneficial and valuable for different constituent groups within the education profession. All of his reasons for the value or purpose of using a blog for each subgroup were very positive. I can see how current and prospective students would respond well and use the information found in a blog. I am intrigued by the possibility of participating a blog from the two higher education institutions from which I got my BA and my MA degrees as an alumnus and being able to keep up with what's going on in my field at my former colleges/universities. Jenkins' examples of how blogging can be used within the field of education also helped me understand even better the two-way interactive nature of one Web 2.0 tool.

I made my Blog Title "Web 2.0 in Elementary Schools" and my Blog Address as "http://web20inelementaryschools.blogspot.com" so hopefully I will attract people who are very specifically interested in discussing examples of how Web 2.0 tools are used at the elementary level. We'll see how that works.

Diane