Blogging activities in your discipline

During this semester, we are blogging about our teaching and the role of technology. This activity is meant to encourage reflection on what we are doing in class, what we are reading, and what you are experiencing in your own classes. It is directly related to the course goal about reflection.

Is blogging an activity that you might assign to your students? Think about the goals in the courses you teach - could blogging help your students reach any of those goals?

>>Sherry

Oh, what to write?

It is sometimes difficult to pin down an idea for a blog entry. Since I don't consider myself a blogger (see previous post), I have this issue every week when I post to the CTL blog. There are several questions I ask myself to come up with ideas.

• What have I been working on?
  The things I am currently working on have my attention, so it makes sense to reflect and write about them.
• What questions have I heard recently?
  I hear all kinds of questions about teaching with technology, and I ask a number of questions, too. These questions may be good starters for blog posts.
• What is everyone else talking about?
  If there is some hot topic that I want to weigh in on, blogging is a great forum to do that.

I hope these ideas are helpful!

I am not a blogger

It's true. Keeping a blog is not fun for me, but I think it is good to reflect on what's going on regarding teaching with technology in higher education. Why not do it via a blog? It's a good forum for sharing ideas, and I would feel bad asking my students to blog without blogging myself!

So, over the next few months, I will write once or twice per week about what's catching my attention out there. You can also read a more general blog that is written by the faculty at the UGA Center for Teaching & Learning. It's called A Little Learning.

Happy blogging!