Blogging as an educator

Posted on September 13th, 2003 by Sacha Chua

From http://www.cs-ed.org/blogs/mjadud/archives/000137.html#137:

I haven’t ever blogged as an educator, I must admit. This
is, I think, a failing in my blogging practice. In particular, I
really like the idea of weblogging about my practice in a place where
my students can see what I’m thinking. This is because I (Matt)
personally think there are too many guessing games between me as an
instructor and my students. If they can see where I think the
educational process is breaking down, and why, they can actually take
part in the solution. Or, what might be even cooler, would
be…

I find that I blog a lot as an educator. I write for myself because I
need to reflect on each day – to note what worked and what I can
improve on. I write for other teachers so that they can check out
resources I’ve come across, avoid whatever mistakes I made, learn from
whatever insights I had, and maybe even share their own thoughts. I
write for my students so that they know I value their feedback and
that I’m looking for ways to make learning more fun, interesting and
effective. They can see my thoughts on what worked and what didn’t.

I’ve received a lot of positive feedback. Some people have suggested
websites to visit. Other people have asked questions that spawned new
blog entries. Yet others have shared what they learned. I have learned
so much from the people who’ve written in with their comments, and I
look forward to learning from you.

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