Thursday, May 16, 2013

Reading real bloggers

I have attempted to blog before and usually my endeavors lasted 2 or 3 posts before I ran out of things to write about or got bored telling the computer that I did the same things every day. This assignment was good for me as it let me read what a blog should look like. I read three blogs, two of which I really enjoyed and one that really bored me.
Of the ones I read, Clay Burrell's was my favorite. The posts give good insights about the nature of education. The blogs seemed the focus on the deeper possibilities of learning instead of the surface level "information storage exercises" that classrooms sometimes become. I really enjoyed reading his speech as well. He used multiple formats in each post but they seemed to flow seamlessly together.
My next favorite was Clarence Fisher. He utilized videos accompanied by short and to the point thoughts. Looking at his blog made me want to learn coding and programming. That seemed to be the point of his blog so I guess that means it was successful. I found it funny that his students knew Mark Zuckerberg by sight but not Bill Gates. For me, it was the opposite. I guess I have taken a dive headlong into oldness. Oh well.
My least favorite was travelinedman. Each post was long and boring. He put up goals, schedules, and plans. Those are all well and good for a blog, but there seemed to be a lot of detail and implications that required a habit of reading his blog. It wasn't a bad blog, but not one for me.

1 comment:

  1. Fair enough evaluations and a good explanation of why you felt the way you did about each writer.

    Very well done. :-)

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