Thing 2: blogs

* What was your reaction to the videos (or one video in particular)?
The links to the videos seem to be broken (unless I'm missing something).
* Are you thinking about using blogs in your classroom? Why or why not?
I've been thinking about how blogging could be used in a science class in a meaningful way. I don't want to incorporate blogging just for the sake of using the tool. I've seen lots of examples of using student blogging in a literature or social studies course where students respond to prompts, or in a language course where they practice dialogue by typing to each other. But in math or science the applications seem less obvious.
I have seen one example, though, of a student blogging about her college math course. I'm not exactly sure what the assignment was, but there are posts about each week where she reflects on what is difficult about the topics they're learning, what she is gaining from the course, etc. That might be something that could fit into my course.
* Are you using blogs in your classroom? How?
Not currently.
* What are some ways you envision blogs being used in education?
See above.
* What do you like or dislike RSS readers (or Google Reader in particular)?
Like: the obvious stuff--saves time by collecting them all together.
Dislike: often shows just the first few lines of a posting so to read the rest of it I actually have to click over to the blog. I've looked for a setting to allow Google Reader to show more content, but haven't found one. Anybody have a clue?
* How do you think you might be able to use RSS in your school or personal life?
I've added blogs from a few friends and relatives, so it's nice to see those family pictures when they're posted rather than having to wait until I remember to check their sites.
* Did you find any great resources we should all add to our Google Reader?
Not yet. I'll let ya know...