Blogs

Blogs Blogs Blogs.. where to begin. Before this class, I had NO idea what a blog was and now I think I've had enough to satisfy my blog cravings in the future. Sure, blogs can be interesting, but truthfully I've never been that in to surfing the web and reading random people's thoughts. It's a neat idea-basically a glorified chat room that is more high-tech, only usually has one main person posting and lists over an extended period of time. It seems to me that a blog is simply a way for a person to feel like they are sharing themselves with the world. I'm sure in some instances it can be used in academic disciplines, but mostly blogs are run by people just hangin around wanting something interesting to do.
I liked getting to understand what blogs are in this class though. Without this knowledge I would have been completely lost if the topic was brought up and then would feel ashamed and stupid. haha well maybe that's going too far, but it was definitely very helpful to learn how to set one up and communicate with it. I'm sure it would be better used by someone who was really interested and I think there are a great number of good and cool things that could be done with blogs, I just don't think I'm that person-at least not yet. I think it was an interesting thing to learn about but I feel like I personally didn't make the most of it. For example I probably didn't check it as much as I should have, didn't always go back and read people's comments, etc. I think in the future by making commenting and then rebuking comments on other people's blogs mandatory for a more extended period of time it would make sure people utilize the blog assignment.