Mr. Richardson seemed to pluck the reason for including this chapter in his book right out of my head! Lately I have been feeling like I have painted myself into a corner in terms of expressing myself through blogs. I understand and can elaborate on the merits and the benefits of using blogs in the classroom, but have been unable to personally throw myself into consistantly creating blogs for my own "unique purposes."
It makes perfect sense that to be able to model and scaffold the use of blogs for your students successfully, you are going to have to blog yourself. Barbara Ganley's quote in the text about how a teacher needs to be "confident in her tools" so it can rub off on the students, is right on the money.
I take my writing very seriously, and take full responsibility and ownership of my work. While I do plan on allowing that trait to rub off on my students, I do sometimes feel quite vulnerable when posting on the World Wide Web. I will work on that vulnerability and hopefully overcome my insecurities of technology. Our technology class has helped greatly in that regard, as well as our Richardson text.
-on a sidenote, I am looking forward to skyping with Mr. Richardson....anyone else? If you are reading this entry after the fact, what did you think of it?
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I agree Mr. Epstein, It is difficult to put yourself out there on the web. That is probably why most of my blog posts are videos. I am getting more used to it Though & hope to improve my posting soon.
ReplyDelete-on the side note, I am looking forward to seeing how skyping works. I have heard good things, but I would like to judge for myself.
the most obvious way to show confidence or become confident in anything you do is through practice, keeping in mind that revision is always an option. everyone who excels at anything has a notebook of sorts containing ideas for future reference. they're not all masterpieces. you should consider this opportunity a sketchbook of your most curious cybernotions.
ReplyDeletehonestly, mrepstein, i had imagined great things at this slog. "terrible things! but great."
I like you porkyshin.
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