23 Things #2

Ok, so here I am again making another blog. This time it is for professional purposes and I am supposed to come up with really intelligent things to say. Even though I have another blog from my trip to Guatemala, I still feel like a beginner on this trek into the world wide web of information. I wrote a comment for the Thing #1 and can't figure out how to post it. Of course, to make sure it sounded intelligent, I first wrote it in a word document, and now I can't seem to cut and paste it into the comment box. Of course, I could just retype the comment, but that seems silly since technology is supposed to make life easier. SO, this blog will be a running record of how I progress in this land of technology. I get the big picture, but it is the little stuff that trips me up and makes this journey cumbersome at times, as all beginnings are.
Answers to question:

1. A good blog is interesting, colorful and easy to navigate. It should be easy to publish posts and comments to keep the flow of interaction going. The blog should also allow for creativity in placement of pictures, ease in uploading and downloading of documents, and ease in the sharing of information.
   
2. Right now it seems redundant to have a class web page and a blog page. On the web page I can supply all the information I need to for my students and parents, but the blog seems more like a diary, or a conversation rather than a tool for information.
   
3. Yes, blogs make it easy to self-publish and I see it as a tool for students to improve as young writers and also to be able to peer-edit as they comment on each others blogs.