Welcome to my Blogsite

My name is Bonnie Hicks and I teach computer classes to 6th, 7th and 8th grade students at Whitewater Middle School in Fayette County. I am presently pursuing my specialist degree in Instructional Technology and hope to graduate in May of 2009. I created this blog as a requirement for Integrating Technology for Dr. Baylen at the University of West Georgia. My plans are to use this site as a means of communication with my students and fellow educators. Over time, I will highlight useful tech tips and links to resources for readers of my blog site. Hopefully,it will remain a work in progress as I continue to be introduced to some of the exciting tools offered in Web 2.0.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Insights About Myself After This Blogging Experience

Blogging to my personal site has been an enjoyable and rewarding experience and I discovered how important it was to receive comments/ feedback from my peers. Until I began working on my specialist degree I really had no idea what a blog was. The first time I heard the word blog it sounded mythical and ominous. Now here I am blogging away. Setting up the blog was much easier than I ever expected and I appreciated the controls over who could make comments. A blog is similar to a journal or chronicle in which the writer must up-date it with postings to keep it interesting and current. I can understand how a blog would not be very successful if the author only posted to it once a month. However, making postings twice a week proved to be difficulty because sometimes I would have to search for relevant issues or topics of interest. In the future I aspire to post to my blog once a week as a way to "check in" and keep it current.

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