tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710973.post114329879053862179..comments2023-10-31T07:00:40.096-06:00Comments on Random Thoughts: Why aren't we all blogging?Nancy A. McKeandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502683354134304145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710973.post-1144381709565177272006-04-06T21:48:00.000-06:002006-04-06T21:48:00.000-06:00You moved me with your questions and your point of...You moved me with your questions and your point of view. Thanks for opening this line of discussion up. I puzzle and think about this a lot. Blogging is a change in behaviour in the way we think and learn. I think for some, it happens instantaneously and others it evolves over some time. <BR/>all the best,<BR/>Brent MacKinnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710973.post-1144189010050591572006-04-04T16:16:00.000-06:002006-04-04T16:16:00.000-06:00Asking why some blog and others don't is like aski...Asking why some blog and others don't is like asking why some play sports, like music, etc., and others don't. But I doubt that it's guided by cognitive styles or maturing, reflective preferences. Valerie Strauss ("<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301351.html?nav=rss_education" REL="nofollow">Blackboard Blogging</A>, Washington Post) mentions in today's paper reasons why educators blog. They're quite varied, and this is just for one group of people.Charles Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848442952740759446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710973.post-1143388972178894062006-03-26T09:02:00.000-07:002006-03-26T09:02:00.000-07:00I agree about "blogging as a "lifestyle choice"", ...I agree about "blogging as a "lifestyle choice"", but it's also a matter of <B>cognitive styles</B>. Among which the following ones seem most salient: preference for incrementally maturing thoughts and <A HREF="http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~x28/en/105/#2" REL="nofollow">reflections</A> vs. preference for completed, rounded artefacts. Perhaps connecting vs. integrating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710973.post-1143305570054428772006-03-25T09:52:00.000-07:002006-03-25T09:52:00.000-07:00I'm not really sure why some blog and others don't...I'm not really sure why some blog and others don't, but I have been thinking about whether everyone should blog or not a bit - at least whether or not everyone should blog with their students. And I think it depends. Blogging is a time commitment. Is it worth it for all students to commit this time? I'm not so sure. <A HREF="http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/557-Invest-in-People,-Not-Things.html" REL="nofollow">Chris</A> points to a post by <A HREF="http://www.techlearning.com/blog/main/archives/2006/03/invest_in_peopl.html" REL="nofollow">Miguel Guhlin</A> that raises a lot of interesting questions about whether new technology, given the cost and the time, is worth it if the same objectives can be accomplished with more traditional forms of technology (like pen and paper, for example). If we look at <A HTTP://OUTSIDETHECAVE.BLOGSPOT.COM/2006/03/USING-TECHNOLOGY-TO-CREATE-STUDENT.HTML HREF="" REL="nofollow">blogging is a tool</A>, then it seems that it is only one of many tools that can accomplish the same objectives.Stephen Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134734566145662087noreply@blogger.com