This occured to me as a result of reading some other academic blogs, one of which deals specifcally with technology in history teaching (the excellent edwired). It lead me to thinking about whether I could be encouraging colleagues to blog, as I believe it is valuable and could be a benefit for them.
Blogs can of course be used for teaching as well as personal reflection. One of the great strengths of them is the number of ways in which they can be used. I feel that they are particularly useful for the research process, and can be used as a good tool in research supervision (I was supposed to keep a research diary when I did my PhD, but I did little with it and nobody checked). I did find blogging useful when coming to my viva, as I was able to clarify some thoughts in writing and reflect on the process.
As a teacher I find blogs to be of use in reflecting on the teaching process. I can write reflectively on classes and on other aspects of the role - I have in the past written a number of posts considering being fair when marking work that is in one’s own research field
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