Blogging is mainly sharing own personal experiences and thoughts with others and allowing people to comment them, so it is interaction between individuals in the internet. Basically, it is like having a speech and then conversation about it with others. When blogging people let out their feelings and at the same time come vulnerable, because bad as well as good comments may be given to the blogger. That makes it as a learning environment challenging – students their possible ignorace to the discussd matters will be seen by the readers.
Anyhow, blogging makes students think more. Processing learned things again into the blog helps students to have deeper understanding on the subject. Blogging also makes the learning process to become more subjective – depending on the student and how personal matters he wants to discuss. Possible problems can be brought up in Internet and readers can comment them to give help. By commenting the blogger can realize new perspectives to discussed matters, which he would not have realized by himself. Writing a blog also makes the students to see their personal development process – it might make students more motivated, since they have somekind of proof of their own learning.
But blogging is not easy task. Fist of all writing own thoughs so that others could understand them is not always easy, especially if discussed things get somehow emotional or deep. Secondly many students do not feel confortable when publishing own work, of course for their better future it would be good practise, but letting others see own posting is not necessarily the best way for everyone to learn. And thirdly blogging needs work and time. Posting on regular basis requires effort. If the student have personal motivation for posting it becomes like a hobby, but when lacking the motivation, blogging would not even be a good option and the student should use the time for better methods for learning.
Personally I am not completely facinated about blogging. I am not willing to share my personal thoughts and feeling in internet and especally if others are allowed to comment my posting. My self-esteem is not high enough to handle possible critisism. But fot those who enjoy blogging I see it as a effective learning tool.
