Monday, June 20, 2011
Blogging
This is really my first time using a blog, so I am hoping that everything goes well. I had fun setting this up because it was something new. As I got started, I was afraid this could turn out to be something quite challenging. However, I was surprised to see that setting up this blog was actually very simple. I already had a gmail account, so that gave me no trouble at all. When I was researching blogs on Wikipedia, I ran into the interesting link of education blogs. First of all it mentions that there are blogs specifically for teachers, which I think could be a great form of a support system, especially for beginning teachers. What I really found interesting, however, was when they discussed students using blogs for collaborative learning. I think this is something that could be really useful in the classroom, especially now with all the advance technology we as teachers have to work with. A great way to use this would be, for example, a teacher creating a blog and then allowing students to use it as an online community if you will. This is great because it could help students who are not so comfortable working in actual groups in the classroom. Blogging could help these students feel as if they are in a safe environment where they can contribute to the project as well. I also feel that blogging would help our students because they are already so comfortable with technology. This is a great way for students to show their knowledge outside of the content area. I have definitely heard of blogging but now that I was able to experience using one, I look forward to using them in the future.
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Great point about a blog being a place for students who aren't comfortable in groups. It's a great tool for introverted students!
ReplyDeleteI also agree that blogging is a great way for students to feel as if they are in a safe environment where they can contribute to a group discussion. I experienced this type of learning in high school and I noticed that I was more willing to blog about questions the teacher had asked, than to raise my hand and give an answer to the question in a classroom discussion.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea Becca. I never thought about using it in class. I think if students could post their homework on a blog then students could work together on harder problems.
ReplyDeleteA classroom blog is such a great idea Bec. Here we are using one ourselves but yet I probably wouldn't have thought of implementing on in my classroom. That will definitely be on my "to do" list.
ReplyDeleteIt was my first time setting up a blog as well. I thought it would be more difficult than it was. I think having a classroom blog is a good way to reach students. Often, students are shy and don't want to raise their hands or participate in a classroom environment. I believe that when they feel this way it they try to take a back seat and not be involved. A classroom blog allows all students to participate and allows their opinion and thoughts to be valued in a different way.
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