First Reflections

There are two quotes that stand out for me from the article Educational Blogging by Stephen Downes. Those quotes are:

The blogs give us a chance to communicate between us and motivate us to write more. When we publish on our blog, people from the entire world can respond by using the comments link. This way, they can ask questions or simply tell us what they like. We can then know if people like what we write and this indicate[s to] us what to do better. By reading these comments, we can know our weaknesses and our talents.

Could blogging be the needle that sews together what is now a lot of learning in isolation with no real connection among the disciplines?

From the perspective of an administrator, I think that an administrators blog could be very useful. I know that many schools struggle with similar issues, such as attendance, and we sometimes feel that we are alone with trying to write policies that are effective and fair. A common blog for administrators would give administrators the opportunity to share information to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of our school so that we can make changes that could improve the learning environment of all our schools.

I also believe that a blog has the opportunity to be the needle that connects administrators. Many new administrators believe that they are alone and that they have a limited support structure, especially in small town Saskatchewan. An administrators blog has the ability to become a significant support structure for those new administrators. Once they are aware of the support structure they may have a place to go in order to receive the information that they need in order solve their problem, or vent their frustration, to ease the stress of their work life.

Mathman