As a writer that used to pen and paper, blogging online was difficult for me. My first post was hard to write. I started and erased and started again. That's why I chose to answer a questionnaire instead. However, I grew to like blogging. I liked that we were required to read our peer's posts because I learned new things about them and about their ideas of teaching. I, honestly, don't think this class would've been the same without the blogging component. So Kudos to you, Dr. Scanlon.
Blogging as made me rethink my writing techniques and ideas of a writing community because it was digital. Back in my day--showing my age a bit--we wrote something in class and exchanged with a partner or typed it up and exchanged the next day. I would love to implement digital writing in any capacity in my classroom. Today's students are always online. They're always texting and the internet is right at their fingertips. I think teachers need to embrace it before it leaves them behind.
After completing this blog and writing about different digital ideas, I definitely think I can be an advocate for digital writing among my fellow teachers. Even if the platform is just Google Classroom and collaboration on a document, students need to learn to write digitally because it isn't going anywhere. We can even read the newspaper digitally--and save a tree--rather than have it delivered. Digital writing, as well as blogging, is the future and teachers need to know the avenues for it.
This blog has inspired me to start a blog about my husband's and my adventures of tiny living. If you're interested to following along, I will be starting an Instagram as well as a blog to document our successes and failures. Their are no posts yet, but there will be! Click here
