Blogging to Infinity and BEYOND!

I think blogging is a fantastic way for people of all ages to communicate with anyone. I think it's quite possible for kids even in Kindergarden to experience this vast world. In terms of Media Literacy a teacher could definitely incorporate this into their lesson plan as far as story telling. Obviously a little kindergardener may not be able to write responses but they could definitely begin to interact with the internet in a safe manner. Many people don't take advantage of the many privacy settings that are offered on bloggers such as blogspot. For instance, a person can disable comments and make their blogs only viewable to specific people.

As the children begin to grow intellectually they can begin to branch out and start writing more. For instance, kids as young as first grade on up can put their vocabulary words to use and write those dreaded sentences. The downside to doing this is that we want kids at a lower level to get used to writing (the physical aspect). Typing everything might take away from this if we don't approach it correctly. However, blogs are very useful in the upper grade levels. I'll use the theory professor... (I don't remember his name) has his students respond to their reading in blog format. This enables the students to come to class more prepared. If they don't get something before class, maybe their classmate has already answered the prompt in a more comprehensive manner. The student can take in different perspectives before class.

I personally have always been a fan of blogs. I do a combination of writing in a journal and writing on a blog. Whichever is more convenient at the time. I actually keep two blogs. One which is public where people can get into my head a little and another that is completely private. My journal is completely private as well. Many times teachers have their students keep a journal. This is a good way to keep a public journal and for some is more convenient.

Fun with Work

Okay... This here is a clip that has nothing to do with anything school related. I work at the Disneyland Resort. I have many different roles within the resort; one being a part of the Labor Systems Resort Operations Training Team. As part of a team building exercise we were to go on a scavenger hunt throughout the park. It was fun to test our knowledge of the resort as a team.

My team members were Soldihah and Patrick. Believe it or not Patrick was very happy! He seems like he's in an extraordinary amount of pain but it was all an act! Little bugger! It was an awesome time! This team building exercise was great and shockingly enough carried many characteristics of what we learned in 495! We had to have technological/photographical evidence that we made it to each location. Good thing I had my nifty FLIP!