Online reflections

First question that will be asked, "why online reflections?". I say, "why not?". I believe we have to keep up with the times, blogging is so common nowadays, almost every child owns a blog. So since the platform is there, why not use it to our advantage. This helps us understand our children better too.

Having said that, let me explore the advantages and disadvantages of using blogs to submit reflections.

Advantages

• Paperless. Save the trees
• There will be a record of past reflections.
• It is secure, I can allow only authorized persons to view it.
• Ability to post comments. So this allows for two way communication between JH and RO.
• Very much in line with BY(i)TES where teachers use IT in collaboration and sharing.

Disadvantages

• Less tech savvy teachers will have problems using it (can overcome with training)
• Fear of breach of security. (but blogger has capability to set blogs to be private)

In conclusion, it seems like using online blogs as a way of doing reflections has much more advantages than disadvantages. I believe some NIE lecturers have already been doing that with their trainees so why not us trained teachers?