Safe Blogging...what is safe?

Some people use blogging as an equivalent to a diary or journal while others use it as a resource. Blogging sites in my opinon aren't any different than sites such as facebook or myspace. We can post so much on these sites such as pictures, thoughts, comments and ideas. They also have privacy options that the user decides whether or not they would like to use in order for people to have access to their page/personal information or not. On any site I don't think that it is wise to put any information about yourself that you don't want people to misuse.

Blogging

Three ways in which blogging can help me as a student and as a teacher:

-Blogging encourages students and teachers to find resources both online and offline. While reading other people's blogs it enables different perspectives to circulate whether it be inthe classroom, in a conversation or in another blog.
-As a student, blogging enables me to become comfortable with asking questions, making comments and promoting constructive criticism about subjects that I am interested in. As a tecaher in a community college, I teach a lot of non-traditional students and they will not ask questions during class because they do not want the attention focus on them. Blogging would enable them to see how other people in the class think and to create their own voice through writing.
-As an English teacher, blogging enabled me to find support from other first time teachers and they suggested different strategies that I could use with my students.