{"id":909,"date":"2008-10-16T03:51:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T08:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=909"},"modified":"2008-10-16T03:51:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T08:51:56","slug":"stephanie-asks-why-do-you-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/909","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Asks: Why Do You Do It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[I]f any physics teachers could tell me why *they* read blogs, that will help me write something to convince other physics teachers why this could be a good use of their precious time!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So if you teach physics, read physics blogs, but somehow don’t already read sciencegeekgirl, please go over and answer the question<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two blogs I can think of that are the closest to actual physics instruction would be Built of Facts <\/a> and Dot Physics<\/a>. They both do a great job of covering the kinds of things that a beginning physics student might find useful.<\/p>\n

A little while back there was a flurry of discussion<\/a> about what science blogs can and can’t do, and while the above-mentioned blogs aren’t a replacement for teaching, they are filling a niche and can act as an adjunct to instruction. I think, looking at the wider picture of physics blogs we’ve been seeing glimpses of the spectrum of blogging, in form and function. The subject matter, the level of audience that can appreciate various posts, the peripheral topics when science isn’t foremost on he blogger’s mind, and the level of rigor one wants to use, anywhere from “here’s a detailed breakdown of this” to a quick “look at and perhaps try this” youtube link (and it’s nice to get validation for doing that<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[I]f any physics teachers could tell me why *they* read blogs, that will help me write something to convince other physics teachers why this could be a good use of their precious time! So if you teach physics, read physics … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}