Prior to the establishment of this educational and university study based blog surrounding my media degree, my concept of blogs didn’t extend much beyond Tumblr. Or maybe even WordPress at a push.

Similarly I thought blogs were just a way for young people to talk about things they like and hope that they become famous for it, i.e. the countless famous fashion and/or beauty bloggers who now make a living solely from their blogs.

I’d never considered that a blog would effectively be used for an educational purpose. I remember in high school my media teacher tried to use a class-run blog to create an online platform for our learning and I laughed at him. I thought it was ridiculous. Blogs were for people to talk about their lives/interests/experiences/etc. Not for education.

Here I am a year later writing about my growing understanding of this concept… On my education based blog… And I’m enjoying it! Who would’ve thought?! Definitely not my high school media teacher that’s for sure.