I've become a real convert to using "blogs" for cataloging my reflections. Much of this I'm pinning down to seeing others modeling this sort of thing for a while now (my list of blogs that I follow are in the right hand column of my H808 - my notes blog). This to my way of thinking (or reflecting?) is the way to go. I really like the ease at which I can add notes, edit the notes, invite comments on those notes, go back to reviewing them .. tagging them.. even commenting on my own notes .. to see my development of ideas and thoughts over time. This process is a continual one - a "reflective continuum". One recent discovery is how I can set up my email to type up a note as if it was a "blog" entry, send it and by doing so, have it immediately posted to the blog. No need to go to the blog and enter it.
As to creating multiple blogs (HLC) - .. I haven't thought to do that .. but wonder if I might get confused. Perhaps if the audience I'm looking to talk to expects a fairly predictable register I might think to do that . A register that is more formal than the one that might come out of the immediate response and informal manner of a "stream of consciousness" blog.. though I then have to wonder about the "integrity / authenticity" of that. However, its apparent to me that to have one blog , the tags and archiving features both become critical to sorting or finding things later one.
Another support resource that I'm finding really useful and would like to share, is "post its" or "turbo notes" (http://turbonote.com - there are slew of them). These are little virtual "stickems" or "epost-its". Their attraction is their immediacy. I can realize one in a "click" when I find myself reacting to something I've read or thought of, jotting down my reaction... and then reflecting on it. The immediacy is the critical thing.. and I can also keep the article that I'm reflecting on up on the screen at the same time. The notes themselves can also be collated, searched and sorted so I can quickly collect and collate them.
Julie mentioned the idea of using video or audio for recording reflections. Hmm... not sure where I stand on that. How easy is it to use? I can't help but think it would take a while for me to get over the "performance" nature of recording .. to make the reflections truly authentic .. and the added value of getting intonation or visual cues seems pretty small compared to the hassles of transferring, cataloguing etc. (though with YouTube I've only discovered recently just how easy it is to tag even videos - amazing).
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Activity 2.5 - tools for reflection.
I've just come across Julie's mention of using video or audio again for recording reflections. I reminded myself once again of how I found myself confronting this issue of "performance" again when earlier today, I decided to try using the audio utility on the FCC message board.
I discovered once again that I wasn't happy with the tone or flow on the first take. In the end I realized 4 or 5 takes before I settled on one .. and even that wasn't completely satisfactory. So many things going through my mind - is the register right? how would I respond to hearing this? what about the content .. is it adequate? remember you only have a minute to make your point .. have you made the right point? why did you use audio here in the first place ?
My answer to the last question? Partly because I wanted to partly to attract the attention of my group members with something novel .. in hopes that they might pay notice to the message. Partly because I wanted to confront myself with this issue again to see how I would handle it.
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