Since the start of H808 I have been more active on my Blog I have seen its use as a key component of my learning it falls quite clearly into the category of 'tool for students to keep a reflective, learning journal'. It has been used for this purpose and has developed over the course into a useful reflection and log of activity.
This reflection looks at what other uses can be made of Blogs within education and identifies a number that I feel are particularly relevant to my area of work and my personal development. I have started by forming a category list and then identifying a number of blogs that fall within these categories.
Category List
Educational Issues
Educational Tools and Reference
Course specific
Teaching and Personal Development
A range of sites that are subject specific that enable research and updating of knowledge. These sites also share expertise and subject specific teaching experiences. One example lists a number of different sites therfore acting as a useful index page. http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Education+Blogs+by+Discipline
Educational Issues:
It is important that educational issues are discussed and debated in as wide an audience as possible, to include international aspects as well. Education has changed considerably since the arrival of internet based resources. This site is just one such example http://kylesmodernclassroom.blogspot.com/ it tends to focus on issues relating to the modern classroom but this is a significant issue for some of the more experienced teachers that have not grown up with modern technology.
Educational Tools and Reference:
With the many tools and skills required to to produce an effective elearning experience forever growing the sharing of these skills an experiences are paramount in order to save time yet still stay up to date.
http://terenceonline.blogspot.com/ is one example site where experiences are share and useful information has been provided on some of the tools available. Another site that is useful and updated frequently is http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/ and http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/ covers tools and technology in a social learning environment.
Course specific:
To make the most of the accessibility of the internet many educational institutions are making facilities available to its teachers to share resources and course content within the context of an individual course. This enables group work, further learning and the sharing of experiences to access such material usually requires passwords and access control to limit its content to those actually on the course. As an example of this I have selected H808 from the Open University where the use of Blogs Wikis and group conferences are made use of.
https://msds.open.ac.uk/students/course.aspx?c=H808_2009I a second example being http://www.mathalino.com/ which provides solutions to mathematical problems.
Teaching and Personal Development:
Every day true teachers make positive differences in the lives of other learners through their words and actions. http://www.learningandteaching.info/ is a site that contains several blogs and is a huge resource of teaching information. An additional selection is
http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/ which shows promise. By sharing ideas and reflective practice all teachers can improve their best practice and enrich the learning environment for the student.
An additional reference that I found useful as a resource for links is
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