Blog-Blog-Blogging!
Whether I realised it or not I've been a blogger for the most part of my life. Growing up with technology has meant that blogging was a natural process and a learning tool used in my secondary, tertiary and work life. At university in particular I was actively involved in 'Live Journal' <http://nohanoun.livejournal.com/>, an online blogging community centred around my Literature unit every semester. I got the knack of it in no time and before I knew it I was constantly communicating with those in the World Wide Web and those in my course; sometimes voices I'd never heard, or should I say read, prior to the blog.
Live Journal opened up a world inconceivable to us all, especially those of us not yet connected to the possibilities of the web. It allowed for critical and analytical thought and discussion. Synthesising and fleshing out ancient texts in a new and exciting mode. I still like to visit my Live Journal account from time to time. Enjoying past blogging experiences and looking forward to the new encounters and stimulating relationships I can at any time re-kindle online.
I’m excited about blogger! I’m excited about introducing it as a central point of call and learning means for our texts studied in English. I’m excited about the endless possibilities it will create, the time it will save and the learning it will stimulate through the visual stimuli and communities formed and strengthened through educational conversing. Blogger is in many ways a means by which I can re-kindle my love of Blogging but more importantly, find useful and innovative ways of using it in the classroom (or bringing the classroom home).
