blogs ... what are they good for?

I know I am revisiting this topic from the beginning of the class but I still have not found an answer I am fully happy with.

What place does bloging and social media have in education?

I still feel as though this is a social technology that is still being figured out. I have not come up with any creative use for bloging in education. I guess I am contributing to the lack of good ideas.



People tend to use a new technology the same way they did the old one regardless of new capabilities. For example I know teacher that use a five thousand dollar smart board the same way another would use a three hundred dollar LCD projector. People gravitate to things that are familiar using something new in the same old way.



Blogs and up to he minute media are something completely new for most people so an intuitive approach is lacking. Blogs represent nothing familiar so teachers don’t even know the wrong or old way to use it. Until I stumble upon a fitting use for blogs in education I will stay on the side lines.



All the best,

Mr. D