Blogging !! or BLAHH BLAAHHH BLLAAAHHH

Ok, so I have wondered for a long time now, why are we blogging.  How is this going to help us with our teaching skills.  Why don’t we just write papers and send them in on Blackboard like all of the other teachers do.  I don’t think I was the only one thinking this, but maybe I am.  Well, I think that I just figured out why.  So Nate, correct me if I’m wrong, but it is to learn even when we are not taking classes.  For instance, the article I received from Tappedin, I would have never read had I not been a member of that group in tappedin.  It is also a great way to get a lot of great information that is out there on the web without having to do all the leg work (so to speak).  Ok, some of this I figured out earlier and some of you are probably thinking, you big idiot, I figured that out months ago.  Hey what can I say, I’m slow.  But I think I finally got the big picture when the article came to me and I didn’t have to do anything but click on the link.  I also got an overview of the afticle before I clicked on the link to make sure that was what I wanted to read. It is a time saving mechanism to help us be more informed with less of our time involved.   Thanks Nate, to bad it took me a year to learn.  Ohh, one more thing I have to tell on myself about.  I remember Nate saying last semester that he hoped we kept blogging.  I thought to myself, what is he crazy, I’ll never blog on my own without an assignment.  Now, after my AHAAA moment, will be keeping up my blog in the future.  I may not blog like I am now, but I will be reading and commenting on other blogs of interests and posting to my blog anything I find good.  That way everyone can lean more and I can look back at my blogs to find any article that I need when I need it.  Well, better late than never!!