How to Blog Effectively

There are several ways to approach the reflection necessary to create an interesting and effective blog of your learning process. Your culminating activity will be a task unique unto you, and as such it will be the ultimate test in your ability to be a self- learner. Your blog is meant to be a map of this journey.

The tools below are some of the ways to focus your mind:

Checking It Out! 1. What did I learn? 2. How/Where did I use my learning? 3. How did I do? 4. What can I do differently, if anything, next time? 5. Where else can I use this learning? 6. Additional thoughts:

PMI (Plus) What was good about the activity or experience? (Minus) What was not good about the activity or experience? (Interesting) What was interesting about the activity or experience?

What?, So What?, Now What?, What Else? 1. What did I do? 2. What skills and/or knowledge did I use or learn? 3. Why was I trying to do it? 4. Where else can I apply what I learned? 5. What next steps can I take?

SWOT Analysis (individual or group; used before and after a task) What are/were my/our advantages? What do/did I/we do well? Strengths What could be improved? What should be avoided? What was not eaknesses W done well? What are some of the things, conditions, times that are in my/our pportunities O favour? What obstacles or barriers do/did I/we face? Is anything changing hreats T around me/us that should cause me/us to work differently?