Time for blog post #2. This should be easy right? I already did the hard work – deciding on a blog name, creating the site and publishing my first post. I’ve done it once, surely I can do it again???

Currently, I am enrolled in an online course – Open Network Learning. Our topic for the last two weeks has been about Online Participation and Digital Literacies. As a part of the program you are to connect with others via a personal blog! And here I am trying to connect If you are interesed in working collaboratively with others, check out their page! https://www.opennetworkedlearning.se/

Well, I’m not sure if it’s writer’s block or blog hesitancy but nothing seems to be right. I type , erase, type some more, edit and then start all over again. In my mind , I keep thinking ”why” would someone want to read this blog? What do I have to share that could help others? Isn’t enough that I make comments inside of our own Open Network Learning space?

After reading the literature, watching the videos and partaking in webinairs and tweetchats, I realize why I have this problem of not having anything to say and my resistance to writing. This is particulary interesting as my students and I have blogged during lessons. However, I realize that I never produced any of the material that was published. I helped facilitate the blog but never myself was publishing my thoughts or findings.

During this time, we have discussed visitors and residents of digitial tools. I realized, I am a visitor to blogs. I go there, look around and leave. I don’t invest time in socializing/discussions or even asking of questions to the authors. My hypothesis is that I as a visitor have never expierienced a blog as a place where I want to stop, stay and partake.

The visibility of my digital footprint makes me feel uncertain yet interacting with others in discussions sounds quite exciting! Hopefully, my audience, whoever few you may be, will share some tips or your similiar expieriences so I know I’m not alone!