Sunday, May 23, 2010
Blog.....Blog.....Blog......
Overall, this week I will not lie, I was a bit blogged out. It's not that I don't like the blog.....afterall, who would not want to blog? The big idea about blogging, in my opinion, is that it is an excellent facilitator for collaboration. The way to make it work the best is to slowly integrate it into your teaching and to know how to use it before having your students use it. All of the concentration this week on blogging really got me thinking about how I would integrate it into my teaching and I think that this is something that I would consider for next school year. I would, however, choose a blog like 21Classes, which is controlled by the educator and would allow me to post homework assignments and notes, while also monitoring student questions and blog responses. From the activities we did this week, I feel that I am more aware of options concerning blogging.
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I went into the topic of blogging feeling I was pretty aware of how they work also. I agree with your idea that it is all about collaboration. I might even go one step further to put the blog in the hands of the student and out of the teachers (with a lot of planning and monitoring of content). It would be nice to move away from teacher led topics and allow the students to create the inquiries that the classmates are responding to.
ReplyDeleteI agree that blogging can help to manage the class and encourage students to take more initiative concerning their own work and accessing their course. I also think that it is a good way to get students to communicate more about the course. But also think it could be tough with our districts "blocks" of many sites.
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