Though schools are using technology more, the use of blogs is probably an underused tool by administrators and teachers. However, the use of blogs can be of great value in the educational world, especially of the educational leader.
Blogs can be used by the educational leader as a journal or reflection of their experiences or questions and even their solutions. It serves as a reminder over time of what they have done and tried while giving opportunity for others around the world to comment, offer solutions, ideas or other concerns as well. In other words, the opportunity for collaboration is great. Blogs could also serve a leader as sources of data or links to other references as well. Blogs help to collaborate with others, build a support group that can be accessed at any time most advantageous for the leader.
Hopefully, blogs will be utilized more by those in education due to courses like this one that help make us comfortable with their use. It has been said that it is lonely at the top. With the use of technology such as blogs, this does not have to be true.
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Lynda, I have to admit, blogging is something that a lot of individuals do not use. Would it be beneficial and useful, definitely, but like you said, unless people learn how to appropriately use it and become more comfortable with it, they will not use it at all. I honestly had not used it until these college courses required us to. Now I do feel confident enough to actually create my own blog site for my parents and other colleagues to refer to and learn from.
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