Requires commitment

I realize that now that I have created this blog, in order for me to make it meaningful I need to maintain it! But that's an important part of this techno-journey for me. I realize that it's not like a web page that you put up and can leave and come back to, as my mother would say, "In the fullness of time." :) I'm seeing the difference between having my students create a blog for their own learning, and me practicing what I preach. For this to be meaningful to me and to others who read the blog (a) it has to be kept current (b) what I say must be relevant -- not just writing for writing sake. The latter is a tricky one, though, because as I look at blogs of others (for example, the blogs of Kim Riordan's son, who is in Iraq -- she refers to it in her comment to my previous blog post), what makes some of them very compelling is the conversational, free stream-of-conscious flow. So for me, for now, I'm going to shoot for meeting item (a) -- being current -- and just let my thoughts flow.

Thanks to Kim and Linda for your comments on how you have used blogs with your students. It's really fun to be in this together. Have any of you out there done your own blogging along with or in addition to having your students do them? What have been your experiences?