Monday, July 14, 2008
Why Blogging?
Welcome Brandon Valley Teachers! Now that you've created a Google account and read Jeff Felix's assertions, post your comments here. All reactions and questions are more than acceptable. We'll all learn from each other, which is called collaboration, right? (Decidedly a 21st Century skill.)
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Super start to a super class.
Great Blog.
I think that blogging will be a great asset to my reading classes. I hope someday to replace daily response journal notebooks with a blog site.
So far so good!
Blogging allows students to share their personal ideas and points of view with the outside world. This will also help students see and understand that we share similar ideas but also may see things differently.
So True, Suz.
This all sounds great. Now it's just a matter of implementing it...
Blogging = Thinking. Jeff Felix's research affirms this. The best part is about students who developed blogging habits. Sports, books, bikes, cars--there's a blog for you! (My whole hope is that they become great bloggers, i.e. great, concerned thinkers, for life.)
Does "carroll" = Mrs. Suzanne Carroll?
Students are able to create learning communities amongst themselves in a technology age. As we become more seperated, or perhaps individualized by technology, educators have the ability to facilitate locations for students to gather, discuss, process, and create ideas. Perhaps it is the new "global coffee-house"
I still have 6th graders (going to be 7th graders) go on my blog in the summer. And people thought nobody cared about ancient civilizations. The blog cares about it, therefore, Students will care about it.
Don't worry, Gina. By the end of the day tomorrow, we'll get you some means of implementation. Maybe you don't have them comment; your blog could serve rather as a notes-provider, links-provider, and/or video-offerer.
Response journals!!! Each student could have his/her own blog!!!
I like the idea that blogging allows students who are quiet or shy to express some of their wonderful ideas. It shows kids that they have the understanding and knowledge of the lesson at hand that many kids including myself think they may not.
Ancient Civilizations meets Blogs. Sweet. Something they'll remember and care about, because they've invested.
Thanks Mr. Christensen. This is a great start!
Having research that shows support for the use of blogging allows teachers to show validity to its use in the classroom as an educational tool.
Mr. Carroll, you are wise beyond your years.
Mr. Klumper--you are wise beyond your ears.
After browsing through the assertions by Mr. Felix, I find that my motivations for wanting to incorporate blogging into my curriculum are re-inforced. I wanted to take this class to learn how to blog for many of the reasons Felix asserts that bloggin is being successful: to help students think more deeply; to help them learn collaboration skills; to get to know my students better; to create positive interatcions with them; and to help them to communicate with each other as they might not have given the time of day otherwise!
I'm anxious to try blogging with my students.
I am guardedly optimistic about this concept of bloggging. I have a new prep of three classes of 9th grade English, and I think this would give me new enthusiasm for the whole writing portion of the class. I want to attempt it. My "guarded" optimisim is that it might be a lot more work for me and I don't want to overwhelm myself with a new prep. Does that seem possible?
I think middle school students will love this! Hopefully they will come to think of it as legal texting!
Brett Favre Forever
Hi, Bill
I actually have a few ideas on how to use this in my classroom!!!
Matt -- Right now I'm anticipating using this as a substitute for written journals in my English 12 class. I believe in journals but fight with kids doing them and fight with carrying journals around. We all win with this!! Thanks for all your help.
Scott WHO? I am only your friend now.
Seriously...Scotty...you need to move on!
Thanks! Mr. Klumper it took me an hour!
I can see how kids may view this as "chatting" instead of homework.
I am excited to see so many of you interested in using a new tool to connect with kids and make learning relevant to them in the 21st century!
BOLD
I want to see if the icon works!
Matt: Thanks for all your help on this. This has been a great two days and you have done a fabulous job preparing for this. It should be an interesting fall...
3 I am not a fan of blogging in general. It allows people to say what ever they want with almost no consequences. However, used as a teaching tool to incourage creative thinking is better than the mindless banter found else where on the internet.
Proof of people being albe to say what ever they want http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=0,72413
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