<p>How to Blog Effectively</p><p>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.</p><p>The tools below are some of the ways to focus your mind:</p><p>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:</p><p>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?</p><p>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?</p><p>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?</p>