After blogging for a couple of months now, I have begun to understand why so many individuals these days have become fascinated with this hobby. Blogging is an excellent way to share and exchange ideas. Further, ideas become more solidified when readers make comments and expand and build on knowledge.
Some of the blogs I follow are managed by university professors out of the United States. Anyone can read them and they also give students a chance to gain more insight into their beliefs, opinions and arguments. And reading these blogs by university profs are not too academic, but are written in a more journalistic format making the blog more fun and enjoyable to read. I think blogs are ideal for the university environment as students can elaborate on concepts, theories and ideas learned from their respective courses. But unlike a Web CT system, blogs are open to everyone and anyone can contribute to them.
As university students continuously learning and building on knowledge, blogging gives you the opportunity to communicate what you have learned and apply the critical thinking by making persuasive arguments to friends, peers and professors. Another great thing about blogs and blogging is that the material is never too esoteric. Blogs always have a unique context to them which explains the material very well making it open to individuals from various backgrounds.
I think Seth Godin said it best "The best measure of a blog is not how many people it reaches, it’s how much it changes what you do. Changes your posture, your writing, your transparency, your humility. What blogging has done for me is made me think. I get to think about how the outside world will understand something I’m trying to do, for example."
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