Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts

I finished reading the first three chapters this morning. One thing that really stood out for me was the following statement: Writing stops; blogging continues. Writing is inside; blogging is outside. Writing is monologue; blogging is conversation. Writing is thesis; blogging is synthesis. Is this not what education is all about? Lifelong learning, connections and community, critically understanding and evaluating information. I heard recently at a workshop that blogging is dead. I don't think blogging is dead as long as we can use this tool to energize teaching and learning. An article that I found on this topic (I haven't had time to read it really closely yet) can be found here.