What would it have been like if as a class we had all signed on to our blogs at 8pm last night and started posting and sharing information?
Almost every night I sign into my myspace, and do just that. I talk to all my friends, leaving comments and sharing pictures, while at the same time usually on msn or doing something else.
It really involves multi tasking, because you are having different conversations with different people on different topics, keeping in mind that anyone who is connected to the person you are talking to can read what you have written, and so can the people they are connected to and so on and on.
If we had of signed on last night, I think that by the end of the time I would have spent on my blog, almost the whole class would be connected. Everyone would be cutting and pasting information from everyone else, perfecting their own blogs. There would be single conversations and group, even class discussions occuring as people post more and more blogs. I dare say that by the end of the time spent we would be almost experts on using our blogs and making them as creative as could possibly be.
Blog's are easy to get addicted to, because they are fun, you can talk to all your friends and express yourself.
However on a serious note, what we are doing by using our blogs are creating a social network, a community of learners who can come together online. This is what social constructivism truley is. By responding to each other's posting, we are learning further and further.
If you have any further idea's or comments on social constructivism, give me a post
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