Blogging and Literacies

As someone who considers themselves as a "blogger" I never really took time out to think about all that goes into this process or how it is improving my writing skills. The piece "Blogging and New Literacies" helped to put this process into perspective. I agree with the fact tha virtual communication is aiding in most people's writing. I, personally, am more aware of the words I use and how I want to persent information. As the reading said many different aspects go into a blog post and you havr to be cautious of what you write. Also you are taken out of the traditional student-teacher relationship because a blog is public. Therefore the audience expands as well as the number of critics. This also makes a person more cautious of their work.

The reading points out four benefits of effective blogging. 1. is that blogging encourages fluency in writing. Students want to do it more because it is fun and not views as school work. 2. Encourages cooperative learning, students can review each other's blog and provide feedback. 3. Encourages critical thinking, bigger audience means greater preparation for assignment. 4.Encourages perfomance-based learning, allows students to think as they write and improve or develop ideas....writing inproves as blogging improves.

These points make sense because any time you seat down to write whether it is in a classroom or a blog you want to present the best work possible. I believe that a blog is better because it takes the pressure off and allows you to be critiqued by your peers instead of just your teacher. It is obvious that this idea of educational blogging as taken off. I have blogged in four classes to date and I can see this idea becaming a requirement in many other classes