Submitted by Trish Llaguno (not verified) on January 27, 2008 - 06:58.
I am a graduate student at Walden University, and as part of our work this week we were asked to access these blogs and comment on some things that we saw posted.
Even though I consider myself a very internet savvy person, I had never considered educational blogging as a way to improve myself professionally, or as a way to keep up with the latest news.
I think that we need to find a way to harness the positive aspects that the internet has, and what it can offer. for example, a counselor can use it to help students that feel isolated to connect with other kids that are going through the same issues, or they could use it as a tool to help bullies to see what their actions do to other kids by allowing them to read blogs of students who have been bullied. You can use the internet to direct students to educational websites or professional websites of professions that students are interested in so that they can see what the ideas are of their potential colleagues, and they can therefore see if it really is a field they can tap into.
However, on the other hand, I think that it is important to make sure that we engage students in life outside the computer as well, because it is very easy for students to be so "connected" that they become disconnected with real life.
We should tap into the internet as a resource
Submitted by Trish Llaguno (not verified) on January 27, 2008 - 06:58.
I am a graduate student at Walden University, and as part of our work this week we were asked to access these blogs and comment on some things that we saw posted.
Even though I consider myself a very internet savvy person, I had never considered educational blogging as a way to improve myself professionally, or as a way to keep up with the latest news.
I think that we need to find a way to harness the positive aspects that the internet has, and what it can offer. for example, a counselor can use it to help students that feel isolated to connect with other kids that are going through the same issues, or they could use it as a tool to help bullies to see what their actions do to other kids by allowing them to read blogs of students who have been bullied. You can use the internet to direct students to educational websites or professional websites of professions that students are interested in so that they can see what the ideas are of their potential colleagues, and they can therefore see if it really is a field they can tap into.
However, on the other hand, I think that it is important to make sure that we engage students in life outside the computer as well, because it is very easy for students to be so "connected" that they become disconnected with real life.