As a school counseling candidate, I can anticipate many applications of the blog to my profession. I think that most blogs are intended to be persuasive rather than informative. But either way that you look at it, I think that blogs are an excellent tool for sharing resources and information. I especially like the fact that blogs are interactive and provide commentary as well as allow an exchange of opinions, ideas and information on a variety of subject matters. School counselors can use the blog to focus on hot topics or even bring attention to topics that are not quite as popular, but just as important as the more widely publicized topics. I personally think that collaboration with other professionals is vitally important to the school counselor, and blogging is an excellent way to collaborate.
Unfortunately, many school counselors have to prove their worth. I think that the blog is a great tool that school counselors can employ to sell themselves. School counselors can post information about themselves, their profession, and their functions. They can also provide samples of their work and provide information on studies or findings that they may have conducted that have had a significant impact on their school or their profession.
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I like your idea to use blogging as a way to consult with other professionals. It is so immportant to keep up to date on current events, new innovations in counseling, and to have peers to discuss ideas with.
Kimberly, I never thought of using blogging as a way to publicize my work as a counselor. When I think of blogs, I think of communicating ideas and persuading others...many of the blogs I read (unrelated to this course) are very persuasive in nature. This puts a biased spin on blogs, but at the core of blogging is freedom to express one's self in an open way. It is up to others to do with it what they will. This brings me to my next point: as a counselor I would imagine you would have to heavily monitor the blogging experience with students. The possibility for students' anonymity to be maintained makes would make me extra sensitive to what I'd allow students to post. The need for moderation seems essential in this case.
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