Interesting, I just noticed my progression on posting and creating this blog.  The first thing I did when setting up the blog was to mess around with the theme, the colors, links, the look of the sidebars… then I got fancier and worked on bringing in widgets… now, it’s mostly about the posts.

Sure, some has to do with the homework becoming progressively about the posts – but honestly, 2 posts a module shouldn’t be too hard.  I really see my own progression being just like a new student being introduced to blogging.  I bring this up because it is something I want to keep with me.  So that when I introduce blogs to students I give them the time and space to personalize and play with the resource before asking them to buckle down and get to the “real work”.  Letting them have the time to take true ownership of their own space is invaluable when they are asked later to produce from their space the homework assignment.

Hmmm, so even though I am “old” (I’m leaving the quotes there) my progression was indicative of a more global student learning experience.  Gotta remember this.