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BLOGGING IN THE CLASSROOM
BOTTOM LINE
Educational Benefits of Blogs and Wikis Help students to communicate and
collaborate Motivate students to participate Provide opportunities to read and write Postings can be created by students any
time, any place
LEADING OTHERS
Big Picture Small Picture (your classroom) Ease Make It Personal
BIG PICTURE
Part of all of our curricula. K-12 Broad Goals for English-Language Arts
Students will read fluently with understanding and appreciation.
Students will write effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Students will speak purposefully and articulately. Students will listen and view attentively and critically. Students will understand, appreciate, interpret, and critically
analyze classical and contemporary literature as well as works of nonfiction and informational texts.
Students will use reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing to:
gather and organize information; communicate effectively; and succeed in educational, occupational, civic, and social settings.
2. Authentic audience - number of reads, Clustr map
3. Expand the walls 4. Participatory culture – jargonese for a
changing world and the new generation
SMALL PICTURE (CLASSROOM)
Engages students with styles where paper doesn’t work.
Tends to engage most students. Gives insight to the students.
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=212396&user_id=212396&blog_id=755357&position2=12 career/passions
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=206879&assignmentid=4906 Joe Flood feedback.
Could give feedback as the work progresses, instead of waiting for the work to be turned in. This can be done a few comments at a time, not 80 at one sitting.
Students can get writing back and continue to write. [not interrupting the student flow – research by John Seely Brown]
Students can post more than words. http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?user_id=266813&blog
ger_id=276791 http://tinyurl.com/8thblog http://tinyurl.com/sadamsblog
Students are reading and writing for each other. (Some may not share in class, a way to start the process.)
They can keep their blogs “forever.” Students worked on them during snow days and vacation
voluntarily. hot peppershttp://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id
=212451&user_id=212451&blog_id=895295&position2=20 cold weather experimenthttp
://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=212451&user_id=212451&blog_id=799451&position2=26
Compare and contrast each others’ work. Shoeshttp://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id
=206879&assignmentid=7120 All curricular work in one place ie Seedfolk/Garden
projects.
Posters on the walls, display cases
To posters in the trash . . . . . How long does the work last?
EASE
Doesn’t replace anything in your class. Work can be done outside of classroom time, helps
streamline the process. All ‘papers’ can be together in same location.
They can still do rough drafts, save to the server, print, etc.
Parents can view the students’ work as the year progresses. No surprises for them.
Students are already creating content. (If it’s not digital, it can be photographed, spoken, scanned, videoed . . . ) VT of solar systemhttp
://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=212393&blog_id=720962&position2=600
Students can transport most digital work – “web locker”
Grading in one place; not individual blogs.
Quick turnaround Content driven Student driven
PERSONAL
Communication tool for your class and/or you http://tinyurl.com/sadamsblog
You can post assignments, leave messages, etc. for students, parents.
Can correct within the blog. Teacher comments are seen when the student logs into their own blog.
Informed parents with little effort on your part. Yes, there’s a learning curve. (As with everything,
remember the ditto machine, copier, Word, turning on a computer, email, and electronic grading?)
Reason for blogging: Tweet from Cathy Brophy – “blogging in
MS? Get them writing, writing writing - for a real audience!-then reading, form opinions and sharing thoughts . . . learning”
