Saturday, June 20, 2015

Blogs, why do people waste their time ranting about things that are meaningless? Are we so caught up in what everyone else is saying that we continue to read this filth?  Of course we were. We live in an age where every personal problem is now public property. When we look at “blogging” or any other social media sites we find that this is what people like to do. People sit around blogging what’s on their mind because it is easier to type it on a site rather than tell someone face-to-face. So this brings up the question are there any blogs worth reading? The answer is yes, if you’re looking for information on how to solve a problem that you may be having such as computer issues, car repair, or educational support then some blogs can be meaningful. When answering the question what makes a quality blog, one must think of the content in which is discussed, if a person goes to a blog were it is obvious that the participants are not using proper grammar and sentence structure the odds are s/he is reading a blog that is not going to give any valuable information. This brings us to issues of concern in blogs in general. Issues, those that are relevant to gathering well-thought-out information that will benefit ones research; issues which include ranting and bashing, cyber-bullying, and the gathering of false information. All of these reasons are of concern because they can have major effects on children and their ability to demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing. The reality is, our youth are turning to these blogs and are getting people who do not have the proper reading and writing skills necessary to post something that can be taken seriously, and in turn our youth believe these statements to be truth.  This is why it is important to steer our young away from these blogs that have useless information. There are a few blogs that I found to be useful, and pertain to education. A valuable link that I will provide will direct you to a site where educators post “well-though-out” posts that will benefit students and perhaps show them the way to use “blogging” for good. Edublogs is a site where you can get students to start their blogging adventure by posing well-though-out blogs, post pictures or videos, podcasts and create classroom publications. Blogging can be fun if we can show our students the correct way in which to do it correctly. As teachers we can guide our students and promote healthy learning communities that well benefit students in the future. This is our role of a quality teacher, to guide and teach the values of learning and this will have positive outcomes for our students.






3 comments:

  1. I totally agree with you. I too read blogs only when they have very targeted, useful information. I also agree with your points about kids reading blogs, and that we have to educate them that not everything they read is true or worthwhile. Thanks for the Edublogs site. I'll check it out.

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  2. I agree with you. We need to teach our students that blogging is not just for fun, but they can learn from each other. For this reason, they have to write in proper way so everyone can interact. Also, youth have to know that blogging page is not the place to use acronyms that they can use in text massages.

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  3. I agree and it's a great idea to gather words that they felt were confusing or needed more clarity. You mentioned it gives students more time to look them up and understand. I to this day look up words.

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