I recently read an article by Laurie Armstrong, Dr. Marsha Berry, and Reese Lamshed titled “Blogs as Electronic Learning Journals”. It was interesting to read about blog technology on a pedagogical end. I know when I am faced with a new piece of technology, I ask myself “What will I use this for? How will I use this technology?” These are the same questions that faculty members ask themselves when they here the word blog. How can I use this tool in my classroom? I was recently approached by a faculty member that wanted to use blogs as a type of journal. The faculty member already had an idea in her head how she wanted to use the tool. Hopefully an article like this will help her take into consideration all the aspects she will need to address when introducing blogs into her classroom. I recommend this article to anybody who either has an idea of how they want to use blogs in their class (since this article breaks it down, from design, to student reactions, to setting guidelines so the blogs are being properly used) or have no clue but would like to entertain the idea in the near future.
Here is a link to the article http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/docs/Vol7_No1/CurrentPractice/Blogs.htm
~Angel Brady
