Wednesday 11 January 2012

...walking in a desert ... or keeping your blog alive

I am a person of impressions and visuals... thus reading an article about blogging Blogging for ELT (http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/blogging-elt) made me think about constantly changing technologies and new arising habits. Why?

Because the links that I've tried to visit weren't in use any more. For instance: http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com/  or http://beeonline.blogspot.com/ -- where the last posts are of 2005...

It was like walking in a desert, where among the shifting sands you see the ruins of once great civilizations....

Thus I wonder... Blogging probably is a tool to reach certain goals for a certain group for a certain period. And as it is mentioned in the previously mentioned article  Blogging for ELT -- one constantly needs to update it and keep it alive, otherwise it looses its relevance. And thinking about the habits that young people develop these days... they are very interactive and do not require long thought processing, neither do they write or read as much as their previous generation... They are the people of quick information and visuals. In this age of constant change it is probably impossible for things to stay as they are.... 


Therefore my thoughts would probably be... that for a blog to stay alive it should have a purpose, strong incentive and relevance to a class.





Blogging... An idea of sharing thoughts and reflections made easy by virtual reality...

Writing has always been an integral part of human interaction, consequently I do hope that in this age of technology it will revive itself in new forms and ideas. I do wish to see blogging as an interactive class participation, which will inspire my students not only to participate but also to discover some new skills and possibilities they didn't expect.

Anticipating much fun with these fresh ideas on blogging... :)