Blog Investigations for Art

As I begin to investigate Blogs I realize that I spend a lot of time looking and reading. I tend to avoid blogs that are to long. Maybe I just have a short attention span. The title and topic really need to grab me for me to continue to read.

BLOGGING WITH STUDENTS
I am not yet sold on the idea of using blogs in my art room. Time and management seem to overwhelm me. I see over 500 elementary students once a week for 50 minutes. I would never blog with that many students but even blogging with a few classes seems like a big endeavor. I wonder when I would blog with my students. Would all of my students have access to a computer at home? At what age could an elementary art student blog? Would parents or classroom teachers be on board with helping me in regards to my time concerns with blogging? There are soooo many things to think about, manage and plan.

BLOGGING AS A PROFESSIONAL
I do see value in blogging as a professional. It would be beneficial to me as an art teacher to make connections with other art teachers. Being the only art teacher in a school can be very isolating. It would be great to collaborate and talk to fellow art teachers. I searched the web for art blogs. I could not find many or find ones that interested me. I did find one site that had art blogs and looked interesting... http://arted20.ning.com/ I had to join the site. I did and I am still waiting for membership approval. I gave up and lost interest after an hour. I'll try the site tomorrow to see if it was worth joining.

This is a long blog! I wonder if I would bother reading this blog if I came across it.

Blogs

Blogs...... What is a blogging? I've heard of them and I've even run into one or two when searching for information. I understand them to be a place where people talk about a common topic. It seems like they would be a useful place to hear other's opinions, suggestions or thoughts about a topic.

I wonder how much time is involved in searching and reading blogs.