discussion boards

Dear Monty, sorry for late blog entry, I had real trouble getting into my blog , said it was wrong email, got so stressed out I left it, then found a piece of paper with a password and this time it worked. Also, during the week I have no internet because of where I'm living, which has reminded me how internet dependent I have become! Please let me know if there is anything else I'm not up to date with. Thanks for your comments, they were very useful and i liked the idea about using a black board in a history lesson.

Yes the discussion board was very useful in finding out what others felt about a certain issue, in this case the graphs that we analysed. I was amazed at the speed at which one could communicate with each other. Sharing ideas with another is really useful in order to get an idea of how others interpret things. The only thing I would say that as useful as it is I feel better meeting face to face with people to discuss things. Perhaps in this sense the discussion board is a very good tool for reading through something prior to meeting, in order to later share your ideas. However, I can see how many times it is simply not possible to meet with people, and being able to communicate in this way does take out the hassle factor. In some senses the same could be done with email if you are communicating with one person, but I can see how if you wanted more than one person to share their ideas then it is very useful indeed.
Overall I feel positive about discussion boards, it will take a little getting used to.