Blogging as a Learning Tool: A Critical Self-Analysis and Reflection

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Abstract:
Blogging is writing that can be used as a learning tool. It can act as a reflection of experience that
helps identifying strengths, weakness and scope of improvement. This report is based on eight
experiences that were recorded ago as blogs. We get to know the benefits of the blogs by
analysing it that we have presented in this report. In the end the action plans clearly gives out the
areas of improve and the targeted duration.
Key words: Blogging, refection, journal, business, communication

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Introduction:
Writing is a great source of learning that has been taught to us from our childhood.
However, there is a difference in learning depending on writing. To simply state, there is a
difference between thinking and writing and presentation writing is the form of writing that we
do when we have to write for other or to communicate with others (Vurdien, 2013). In
presentation writing, we tend to have a reader in mind and make our witting as per the audience.
Often Thinking and writing is called the process writing as it can help immensely with our
thinking. Blogging involves aspects of both form of writing, thinking writing as well as
presentation writing (Dos & Demir, 2013). This report aims to develop a critical self-analysis
and refection of my weekly activities learning that has been led by experiencing design thinking
activity. The report critically analyses lectures of each week and the ways blogging on them have
helped me in learning. The report also contains the blogging’s assistance in my personal
development and development of my knowledge. Lastly, the report consists of an action plan of
the key events that would be undertaken within six months for the need of acquiring the
knowledge, skills and behaviour I would require.
Discussion:
THINGS WHICH WE CAN NOT SEE (THURSDAY, 23 AUGUST 2018, 8:50 PM)
There are various things presented in the world we cannot see yet we know it is there or
often ignores it until someone else points it out. The most famous example would be the example
of gravity. Although it has been present since forever no one noticed until Sir Isaac Newton

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presented his theory. From the activity, I have learned people are accustomed to believing only
what they see and while moving along with the flow of time, they ignore the basic things.
I have done this myself several times however I have not noticed it or did not pay much
attention to it. Blogging about the things we cannot see, made me realize that I need to be more
attentive and pay more attention to my surrounding. Reading the blog I have written helped me
giving some time to this act of passing by things and not realizing the depth it can have. It has
helped me identify that I need to improve my thinking skills abut situation and be observant
(Beyth-Marom et al., 2013). It is only when we are asked to pay attention we shift our attention
to that particular thing. In our busy lives or our scheduled life, we are constantly carrying out our
daily needs and wants without realizing about a million other things that are exiting by our side.
I have come to realize that I need to make a change to this particular aspect of mine. Along with
improving my listening skills, situation analysis and being more observant I need to read more
that would help me gain ideas regarding things that are not within my academic field.
MAKE YOUR PROTOTYPE (SUNDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2018, 12:33 PM)
Making own prototype was a new experience for me which I gladly came across in my
lectures. The lecture forced us to brainstorm and present our ideas in on paper. It was a nice
experience when we all presented our ideas and be assured that each one of us was capable of
doing it. It was mainly on a goggle company and how the company applies the prototype while
applying their application. Firstly, they made a prototype application from the paper. Secondly,
the main iPad application was developed for the usage purpose. I also learnt that there are
primarily ten steps involved in the making of a prototype. The first step is the visualization
where I will utilize my visualization for developing the idea of visualization. The next step
would be the journey mapping followed by eight more steps involved in the process such as