When we first started this semester, I was really unsure about the whole blog thing. I thought it was just another thing that we were going to be graded on and didn't know how important it would end up being in the long run. For me, I always associated blogs with people who didn't have jobs and had a lot of extra time on their hands. However, I was clearly wrong.
The biggest problem I first ran into was not knowing what to blog about. I didn't think that I had any thoughts worth blogging about, but then I realized that all thoughts were worth blogging about. Throughout all of our readings, I'm pretty sure each have mentioned in some way either the importance of blogging or the authors' experiences with blogging. In all, they talked about how important it was in maintaining a blog and being an active blogger.
Through my experience this semester, I can see how important they can be. It's a way where I can engage not just my peers, but others in the cyber world. It allows for multiple opinions to be shared and a good way to bounce ideas off one another. In addition, I think it can be an important resource when trying to get a job. It can be used as a good example of what we can write about and our ability to positively maintain a social media platform.
For me, my blog is something that I might keep doing past this class, but what about you guys; is the blog going to be something that you guys continue after this class? Or once BU464 is done, is your blog going to be done too?
I agree with you, Taylor! Blogging this semester has shown me how useful it can be in terms of creating a great discussion forum and a place to express our opinions. And it's kind of fun! I also couldn't imagine how I was going to come up with ideas of things to discuss, but the business/marketing world doesn't stop so there's always new stuff to write about.
ReplyDeleteI think I will continue to blog, just to keep an active social media presence. I find this much more enjoyable than Facebook or Twitter because we can dig deaper into ideas and generate meaningful discussion. And I'm sure employers will apreciate it ;-)
This class had also influenced my opinion on blogging, I did follow a few blogs before the class but didn't even realize the potential they have. I like tumblr, the picture blog site and feel like I might start to use that more because you can incorporate your thoughts and pictures. Instead of browsing Facebook aimlessly, Blogging gives genuine thoughts and ideas that are helping you expand your horizon.
ReplyDeleteI think it will still take me a while to really get into the blogging world in a consistent world because I don't know who is following and really what I want to focus on in general. Maybe keeping up with this blog once in a while will help to kick start blogging outside the class room.