Blogging

When I first heard that we would be blogging, I thought to myself, "Uh-oh." I have never blogged before in my life. I'm not sure what we are suppose to do or say. In my mind I found blogging to be a place where you expressed your thoughts, when you did not want to tell anyone face to face. I also did not know that there were so many different types of blogs. I have not followed a blog before.  I remember I signed up for a twitter account and that same day I deleted it, because I did not understand the whole process. After reading about twitter, it was based on a simple plan/idea. It must have been to simple for me to understand, haha. The blogs that I would probably find interesting are the diary blogs, music blogs, parenting blogs, and since I want to become a teacher, education blogs can be helpful!

How long is a blog suppose to be? I feel that it should be as long as you want it to be. On some days you may have a lot to say and other days not so much. I also feel that they should have a purpose. Telling people that you were just in the restroom or you just got done eating is pointless, in my view. If its that important tell then add more details. If a thought or idea came to you in the restroom, then talk about that. If you want to support a cause or create an awareness for anything, a blog could work perfectly. If you're going through a hard time in your life, blogging could bring some comfort. Being able to talk about it with out any comments could help you emotionally. They always say that holding everything in is never good, and a blog could serve as an outlet.

The effect of blogs in school or reading or writing could be positive and negative. The students would be writing and that's what we want. They would also be reading because they are following different people's blogs. The down side would be if a blog had a certain number of characters allowed. Here, the students would be short handing every word, if possible, and if they do that constantly then it may show up on their writing assignments. I found this out about texting. I would read student's papers and some do not spell out words and use the texting abbreviations in their writing. When I saw this, it blew me away! Blogs could help our students read and write more, but it could also limit their spelling.

The only issues I find about blogging is posting too much information. I would not want to know about every single detail of a person's life. There are some things that you need to keep to yourself. I would hate splogs and the advertising blogs. These two types of blogs would bother me.

This is my first time blogging and if it sounds like I am jumping around sorry. I find it hard to find things to talk about on this first blog. Hopefully, by the time my book arrives and I start reading it, my blogs will have more purpose to it!