I actually don't remember the exact date I started blogging. And definitely, this is not my first blog.
I never knew what a blog was until I read the final paper of my BS Nursing student (Pocholo Abelio Henson) in my English 2 class. I forgot the year -- but Potchi was still freshman then; he's in fourth year now and graduating on March. He mentioned in his review of Angels and Demons that he liked the story and so he was inspired to blog about the book in his blog then. He wrote his blog address so I became curious. I did check his URL that day while I was checking other papers and computing for their grades.
And guess what, I immediately liked the idea of blogging so I started to construct my own. However, my first blog didn't last for a year. After I posted hundreds of entries, I regretfully deleted the entire blog. I did that because of the hate-feelings I had when I found out that one of my students told someone in the campus that I blogged about her. Yeah, I did blog about that person whom I called "the worst creature I've ever met." That person brought the issue to the VP and they made a big deal out of my blog. Just to make their mouth shut, I deleted the blog.
Well, I was new in blogging then and I didn't know that i could possibly block anyone from reading my blog. Now, I am a wiser blogger. I never give my URL to any student whom I can never trust. For the record, only two students know my blog. They know who they are. And so far, they've never put me in a bad light. :-)
Anyway, I started a new blog after I deleted the old one. At first, I did blogging for personal gratification but I later realized that blogging could actually assist me in my teaching so I began to teach my students to blog. Many of my MC students enjoy blogging though some still question the need to blog. Some students maintained their blogs even after the sem has ended -- and that makes me feel fulfilled. They may have forgotten the lessons we had in class, but hopefully, their blogs would remind them of the E-newsroom class they once had.
Now, I still continue to use blogging in teaching. I created blogs for the professional subjects I am handling then I ask my students to drop by at the class blog and check out the copy of handouts and of the web links that could help them in the subject.
Blogging for over three years has helped me know myself better since this serves as a venue where I can do self-reflections. This blog also helped me bring my students to the world where there is no wall, no boundary, no rule -- the Internet. And just like what I always tell myself: I can still picture myself blogging even after a decade or more...
WHAT DO I BLOG ABOUT? my kids, my feelings when I am with my family, some family affairs, occasions meant to be shared, my students, my subjects, my feelings about my job, interesting people, controversial issues, the insights and feelings that i can never tell the person involved, what i hate, what i love, what i see which some don't bother to see, pictures/events worth keeping and remembering, etc.
I never knew what a blog was until I read the final paper of my BS Nursing student (Pocholo Abelio Henson) in my English 2 class. I forgot the year -- but Potchi was still freshman then; he's in fourth year now and graduating on March. He mentioned in his review of Angels and Demons that he liked the story and so he was inspired to blog about the book in his blog then. He wrote his blog address so I became curious. I did check his URL that day while I was checking other papers and computing for their grades.
And guess what, I immediately liked the idea of blogging so I started to construct my own. However, my first blog didn't last for a year. After I posted hundreds of entries, I regretfully deleted the entire blog. I did that because of the hate-feelings I had when I found out that one of my students told someone in the campus that I blogged about her. Yeah, I did blog about that person whom I called "the worst creature I've ever met." That person brought the issue to the VP and they made a big deal out of my blog. Just to make their mouth shut, I deleted the blog.
Well, I was new in blogging then and I didn't know that i could possibly block anyone from reading my blog. Now, I am a wiser blogger. I never give my URL to any student whom I can never trust. For the record, only two students know my blog. They know who they are. And so far, they've never put me in a bad light. :-)
Anyway, I started a new blog after I deleted the old one. At first, I did blogging for personal gratification but I later realized that blogging could actually assist me in my teaching so I began to teach my students to blog. Many of my MC students enjoy blogging though some still question the need to blog. Some students maintained their blogs even after the sem has ended -- and that makes me feel fulfilled. They may have forgotten the lessons we had in class, but hopefully, their blogs would remind them of the E-newsroom class they once had.
Now, I still continue to use blogging in teaching. I created blogs for the professional subjects I am handling then I ask my students to drop by at the class blog and check out the copy of handouts and of the web links that could help them in the subject.
Blogging for over three years has helped me know myself better since this serves as a venue where I can do self-reflections. This blog also helped me bring my students to the world where there is no wall, no boundary, no rule -- the Internet. And just like what I always tell myself: I can still picture myself blogging even after a decade or more...
WHAT DO I BLOG ABOUT? my kids, my feelings when I am with my family, some family affairs, occasions meant to be shared, my students, my subjects, my feelings about my job, interesting people, controversial issues, the insights and feelings that i can never tell the person involved, what i hate, what i love, what i see which some don't bother to see, pictures/events worth keeping and remembering, etc.
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