assignment 1

So the teacher gave us an assignment; we needed to read this article, 'Weblogs: Learning in Public' by Jill Walker (https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/1956/1841/1/Walker-Weblogs-LearningInPublic.pdf) and then write of what we found interesting and some own thoughts of the subject.

It was interesting that the students started sharing their info on their blogs because I think usually people don't like to do that, maybe they felt like an connection when everyone was doing the blogging by force. And also that the students started thinking more of what they wrote on their blogs, that were available for anyone to read, than when they just wrote to the teacher. I found it also interesting how the interest towards the blogging raised once the students started receiving comments on their posts from random people. And when some bloggers got their feelings hurt when the students started writing reviews on their blogs, they realised that their blogs are really being read by others.     
This blogging/computer course they were having sounded really interesting, the students learnt a lot of important IT-skills, it's a shame our course doesn't contain the same things.

I've noticed during this task period that it's very hard to get a group of people aged 18 to 29 (?) interested in writing a blog. Many started writing it this week, since the dead line is today, and I heard that some decided not to do it at all. For me it was hard to find time to write posts because we've got so many other home assignments too. This week I've had to stay at school for hours after the classes have ended, doing all the homework. But I would had really liked this assignment if I just had more time.

"Rebecca Blood was one of the first and most prolific bloggers. In her oft-cited essay 'Weblogs: a history and perspective, she writes: Shortly after I began producing Rebecca’s Pocket I noticed two side effects I had not expected. First, I discovered my own interests. I thought I knew what I was interested in, but after linking stories for a few months I could see that I was much more interested in science, archaeology, and issues of injustice than I had realized. More importantly, I began to value more highly my own point of view. In composing my link text every day I carefully considered my own opinions and ideas, and I began to feel that my perspective was unique and important."

It's interesting to hear that blogging can have such an effect on people, makes me think that maybe this blogging thing isn't just nonsense.