The Benefits of Blogging in Schools

Posted by Lucia on November 10 2006 in . There are no comments yet. Add yours!

I remember being a student and always wanting to be involved in any extra curricular events I could. I would have articles published in school board papers and was always involved in the student council as the events planner and philathrophy organizer.

It was a lot of work but I loved it – however looking back I realize now that all those invitations that I had to mail – all the meetings I had to hold, all the running around could now be simply replaced by a blog.

When I went off to Design School the best part were the days when everyone brought in thier finished pieces. The experience of seeing others thought patterns, inspirations and love for a craft and sharing mine was always my favorite part – but I craved more.

A friend of mine has currently gone back to school and I noticed that she is always on her school programs blog – on this blog they share ideas, inspire eachother, discuss projects being worked on and any issues that they have surounding their program. I can’t remember how many times I lost a piece of paper with important information while in school (not to mention in life) – the time I would have saved just popping onto the internet and confirming a date could definitely account for days of my life.

It amazes me all the time, to think back on how much more I could have accomplished, how much productivity was lost in the past, simply from not having the internet. Yes… I know, at that time everyone was in the same boat but I can’t help but wish.

Ohhh blogging… how I wish I had you 15 years ago