Developing A Blog As A Tool For Reflective Practice

Developing a blog as a tool for reflective practice Sarah Stewart September 2008 http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand

Journaling

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brightmeadow/281659324/ Critical thinking Cognitive learning Reflection Creative writing

A blog can be an online journal

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucayepa/441551991/

Perez Hilton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perez_hilton Samual Pepys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pepys

Text Video Audio Images

Examples of audio & video blogging

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com/2008/06/iccmsn-2008-highlights-and-learning.html

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-midwifery-philosophy-slidecast.html

Links can be made to other blogs, websites and resources www.flickr.com/photos/30674396@N00/20451348

Comments can be made by readers

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66357777@N00/388020 Discussion Information sharing Critique of ideas

Further extends own thinking and learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_pollard/2342924889/

Privacy and security http://www.flickr.com/photos/24342172@N00/155845472

Risks of public reflection http://www.flickr.com/photos/lincolnian/135278219/in/photostream/ Litigation Employment Mistakes Unprofessional Statutory Professional Standards Ownership

Being open creates an opportunity for dialogue and gaining a different perspective on a situation or problem http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasclaveirole/538706612/

Different way of looking at things www.flickr.com/photos/27086465@N00/6313191

Reader sees how the blogger has approached a situation and learns from that reflection http://www.flickr.com/photos/ihardlyflickr/1425337109/

Reflection and deep learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/biwook/143489429/

Mixed evidence http://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/

My experience http://www.flickr.com/photos/12495774@N02/2756835648/

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com

http://sarahstewart-eportfolio.wikispaces.com/

Themes

Relationships with students: personal vs professional

Online identity

Midwifery burnout

Direction of my future career

Making mistakes

Professional online behavior

Example of reflective blog post and interactions with readers

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com/2008/08/second-blogging-workshop.html

www.flickr.com/photos/30137364@N00/400197231 Challenging to people who are unfamiliar with reflective practice, and are uncomfortable with open, online reflection

The interactions I have with the readers of my blog help me process my ideas, and supports me when my reflections are painful and challenging

References:

Michele Martin: Becoming a more reflective individual practitioner . The Bamboo Project. March 8, 2008. http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog//2008/03/incorporating-r.html Merrolee Penman: The use of blogging to support professional learning . Healthcare and Informatics Review Online. June 2008. http://hcro.enigma.co.nz/website/index.cfm?fuseaction=articledisplay&FeatureID=070608 Paul Trafford: Mobile blogs , personal reflections and learning environments . 2005. Ariadne. Issue 44. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue44/trafford/intro.html