Blogging in the Classroom
I came across this interesting blog and it raises a good point...students spend hours and hours writing papers and reflecting on thoughts and materials, but the only person who usually reads all that work is the teacher. All the time and effort that went into producing the piece of work and it's not appreciated by a larger audience. Blogging in the classroom can change that. Blogging can make a global audience when there used to only be an audience of one. That's a pretty powerful concept!
Check out the blog here: Blogs in the Classroom - what are your thoughts about blogging in the classroom? Is it a good idea? Personally, I see the appeal in enlarging an audience for a student's work, but I believe there must be tight oversight of web 2.0 tools used in the classroom to ensure student's learn proper web etiquette and web safety.
posted by ChangeAgent501 @ 5:01 PM
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2 Comments:
And there's research that shows students will do a better job if they have a peer audience (rather than just the teacher) ...
what an interesting idea. what do you think is the appropriate age to have a kid start blogging, considering how tech savvy children are nowadays? My vote is for middle school - this might be a neat way to get 12-yr-olds deeply engaged in their learning
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