Throughout my life, I have been required to both write in journals, and type on computers, expressing my thoughts and feelings about various things. When I was younger, I loved making up stories about monsters and puppies, but as I got older, writing in journals was just a hassle, and something that I would rather not do. I used to write in a diary on a weekly basis, up until I was about 14, but I got bored of it.
I do prefer typing on the computer to writing by hand, because I can get my thoughts down more quickly by typing them. But, in all honesty, I don't really like blogging any more than I like writing journals. But, I have had to do both off and on since I have been in school.
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I appreciate your honesty. You make an excellent point: Blogging can be "old wine in new bottles"--just the same old journal writing repackaged in a new digital format. What does make a difference are real audiences that reach beyond the classroom. Blogs have the potential to elicit real response and help us learn from each other, as the children in the article found.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that blogging will be good practice because I never know how to respond to things I read either. I didn't really like writing in journals, so hopefully this will be more fun!
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