When I was first introduced to the idea of blogs I can’t say I was pleased. I’m not one of those people who share their lives on social media everyday. I can barely write a Facebook status every few months, never mind a couple of hundred words on a blog frequently.
Keeping this in mind, I’m somewhat pleased with the effort I have made in relation to blogging. I made the effort to write blogs about what I’d learned in uni, reading and even the odd artical I found online. I learned through feedback from my peers that I should add more pictures to my blog to make them interesting and less reading based. I even started to enjoy blogging after my first few posts!!
After reading the suggested blogs for inspiration, I have to say I feel much more motivated to continue to blog and put a real effort in to the content I post. Some of my peers went above and beyond to improve their blog posts and make them understandable for the reader. One of which made a model of her ideal classroom on a game. I thought this was absolutely fantastic because without it I wouldn’t have been able to visualise what she was describing. The model also made me aware of how much time she was putting into her blogs. I’m definitely inspired to be more imaginative in my creations in the future.
Another one of my peers really gripped my attention with a video and her thoughts on it. I am now beginning to think about finding relevant videos to add to my blogs. This will make them more interesting and may even make people more motivated to read my posts, as it will not all be text based.
I think I will not only learn how to make more interesting blogs from what I have identified, but will also transfer these skills to placement in the way that I must be able to use media to engage children and split up the text I present.
Overall, I’m glad these blogs were forwarded to us to read because otherwise I fear I may have been stuck in my ways of semi-decent blogs. I look forward to creating more engaging blogs from what I have learned from my peers!
