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The following is what I noticed about blogs and research relating to what I viewed on Internet. “Blogs” or “blogging” have been around for about a decade and the use of blogs can extend from children posting comments to each other, to businesses and professionals sharing ideas and keeping up with the latest improvements in their field of work or study. In the field of education the use of blogs have been useful for the purpose of interacting with students and parents, connecting with other classes across the world, research and sharing ideas with other professionals.

With this vast source of information, professionals can use blogs to help them to be at the top of their game, while also providing others with same information that will save them the time of having to reinvent the wheel when it comes to researching similar topics. Information that is shared via a blog relating to research and finding new sources should be taken at face value and should only be considered as reliable if the source is credible.

Blogs that allow comments keep an ongoing dialogue between those of similar interests. In research, those interests could reveal articles, books and other sites that would be helpful for the particular topic. The ability to see comments posted would also allow the critique of such resources and possibly pinpoint key ideas.

As I am new to blogging, all of this is very overwhelming. I am excited about the possibilities and it is my hope to grow in this area. Blogs can be a very helpful tool in the area of research as well as a tool that can be used for the classroom itself. Blogs can help me to grow professionally and will also aide in the way that I conduct research. As I was researching teacher-centered classrooms vs. student-centered classrooms, I came across the above blog post, which could help me with my research.