Blogging helps keep a record of our own learning…
Written on January 3, 2007 – 1:25 am | by Ed Warkentin
Steve Dembo recently blogged about “Blogging for your own future reference.” It struck me as such a relevant point that I left the following comment:
Great point!
I was just about to reflect on this general point myself. I see my own blog as sort of a resource for those teachers that I’m helping to see the benefit of maintaining a professional blog, and for blogging with their students.To convince a teacher that blogging is worth it, that it helps us grow as professional educators, helps us to do our job, and unleashes lots of energy, learning, and growth between educators…..this point is very helpful.
Blogging myself helps me keep track of my own learning. The more I blog, the more I develop a sense that, “I’m onto some important learning here - I should blog about this.” Then, as I’m writing the blog, I deepen my understanding as I put my reflections into words, that solidifies the learning.
As you point out, a very important side benefit is that others can learn from your reflection!Sorry if my reflections here are a “duh!” no brainer for those of you reading that are more experienced in the edublogosphere, but this just resonated with me, and stimulated me to express my thoughts more completely.
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