I love to read and sometimes find the idea of 'side stepping' to read a hyperlink complicates or maybe confuses the central idea of the text I am reading. Maybe my linear thinking needs to change to keep up with the times because I know my children have no trouble hopping from topic to topic...it sometimes frustrates me that they can't remain focused on one idea! If this is the case it tells me I have to rethink my approach to effective teaching since my intended audience of students appear to absorb information in an entirely different manner than would I. Having reviewed some of the blogs and hyperlinks I do see the value they serve...in some cases further clarification or simply added information. With the push for DI teaching techniques I can see the use for this type of format as it would increase the appeal to a larger variety of students which can often be a challenge.
This excursion has 'forced' me to travel into the land of blogs & hyperlinks...for the novice blogger like myself, hyperlinks are not as tricky as I first thought and have actually caused me to rethink my linear tendencies...maybe I need to take a page out of my children's book on blogs!
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And don't forget that our students will still need our help at the other end of the process - while hyperlinks might help them to make richer, stronger connections, they have to weave them into a coherent whole for that paper, project, or blog post. The can't communicate effectively if it's all piecemeal. Perhaps we can take pages out of each other's notebooks...
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