To blog or not to blog ...

Now you've blogged for 2+ months. Depending on who you are, you've embraced it, struggled with it, been excited by it, been bored by it, felt it was a chore, had a million thoughts about what to blog ... and maybe you've experienced all of these sentiments. Now that you've had this experience, it's a great time for us to think about what it means to blog. A blog is a platform. It is a place to showcase one's voice and vision. To blog is to lead the charge in one small corner of the internet. It is proactive rather than reactive -- the exact opposite of a discussion forum, where instructors post questions and studnets respond. A blog can document a student's journey through a course in a way that discussion boards do not. Each blogger owns their own space, and made choices about what is posted there. No matter how you feel about blogging, I encourage you to take this opportunity to review your blog, and your journey. You may never blog again, and that is fine. Blogging is not an activity that everyone enjoys. You may find that you blog in the future, but in an entirely different genre. Or you may just keep blogging. Whatever you do will reflect your interests, comfort, and needs ... and no matter what you do in the future, you will be able to say that for at least a little while you were a blogger. Signed, A fellow blogger