The Blob...No - The Blog

Blog, what a name, eh? According to Wikipedia (the on-line encyclopedia which everyone uses, but is not supposed to use as a final authority, but does) it's a blend of the words web and log. I guess it sounds better than wog or weblo. Whatever the case, blogs are the latest and greatest form of personal exposure, or perhaps twitter now has that distinction. Nonetheless, both allow one to put oneself out there, albeit blogs allow for much much more to be said or exposed of and by oneself, if you will. But as the cartoon above depicts, blogging really is a conscious decision one makes. Just because one has this exposure though does not make one a Shakespeare. Regardless though if you are a celebrity you will be read if you blog because of that status, whether you write well or not. Writing, and writing well is perhaps one of the hardest things to do, at least for me. So aside from my co-hort buddies I do not expect to get much traffic to my blog. And if it is read or not perhaps the best thing about blogging is that it is all done in cyber-space. As an educational tool this is really a wonder. Allowing students to think that they are kind of famous by being on-line for all to see can be quite a motivational draw for many. Who doesn't always look for themselves in a group photograph? So let me end here for now with this disclaimer and stop rambling, until I get my thoughts together, hopefully in my next blog. I do feel good in saying though, no trees or animals were harmed in this post : )