Blogging was a new concept for me, I’ve always avoided having a blog or posting my thoughts on the internet in general. But having a blog has been a lot more fun than writing weekly reflection papers on what we’ve been doing in class, so I appreciate it for that. It also has allowed for me to get a little more familiar with the whole idea of blogging, I don’t see myself ever having a personal blog but I do see myself using blogging in my future classroom, whether just for a unit or even for a whole semester. But I definitely think teachers need to take the time to learn about blogging and how to go about blogging in a classroom, even if it’s just internet research-there are a lot of resources out there- I found this one on what to know before teachers start blogging to be very helpful. I really enjoyed the relaxed tone in blogging rather than trying to sound overly academic. Just the environment of ‘blogs’ changed the way I wrote, but yet it still conveyed the same message and the same content as if I were reflecting in a more ‘academic’ way just without the stuffy-ness and without trying to sound super intelligent.

For my blog with the most ‘professionalism’ I chose my first blog post, Technology’s Place in Education. I felt this was my most formal piece while also adding a lot of my input into it, but the structure and the read of it seemed much more professional than some of my other blog posts. I maintained consistent organization, references, and added a lot of my views and opinions in a very informational way.

For design I chose my blog post titled Mini Multimodal Composition. I chose this one because it was my only blog post where I had more than one visual, and I placed my infographic within the structure of my blog post, rather than just having the images at the top like the rest of my posts. I integrated it into my explanation so that it’s placement made the most sense and the supporting information surrounded it.

My most creative blog post, besides my multi modal composition, was my Writing Coach Profile. Mostly because rather than being focused around course content it was focused on me, my writing experiences, and what I felt being a writing coach was all about. Not that that sounds all too creative but it took the most creative thinking to come up with the content rather than basing it around course content and our readings and lessons.

For the peoples choice award category for my own blog I would have to say that my post on My Writing Process. I chose this one because it is the post with the most voice and is very representative of my entire educational career and my future as a writer. Writing is part of what made me realize that I wanted to be an educator and it is also part of what made me realize that I loved English, so this post is the most reflective of me.

The classmate who I nominate for the people’s choice award would be Kayleigh. I loved the way she organized her entire blog and even the structure of her individual blog posts. I also liked that she included more than what was required, like adding more than one image, or a music video/song that could be discussed, and that her titles were more than just rewording the required blog post from the syllabus. The use of videos made reading her blogs a lot more interesting and her voice showed through on all of her blog posts. Overall I enjoyed reading/looking at her blog posts throughout the semester, which is the main reason I nominated her.