I plan to establish opportunities for enhanced learning and attempts at re-teaching after checkpoint tests. I'd like to use the blogging opportunity to facilitate classroom discussion through writing. It will be interesting to see if engaging the students through blogging will help with classroom management.
I have been using Edmodo.com to share ideas and student work within my classes. The audience is limited to the block that the student is in, but they are still sharing their work with all of the students in that class. Edmodo could also be used to share idea and posts, but again it is limited to a smaller audience. I would like to connect my classes other classes throughout the district to share on a larger scale. I am also using edublogs.com for blogging with my students and I will be trying to connect this buzzworthyblogs page with other teachers/students.
I'm SOOOOO new to all of this!!! It's a bit overwhelming, but I'm open to learning. I do see how blogging can be an effective learning tool and am excited to explore it further!!!
I like the idea of using social media, a few years ago I had a student teacher suggest that we should create facebook pages for fictional characters, which was awesome, how live would it be to be able to pull that off and have comments as well. I will figure out a way to incorporate it into journals, formative assessments, and pre-writing as often as possible. Thanks for the brain food ppl:)
I like the idea of creating a blog for my classes, for posting materials, discussion questions, readings, etc and allowing that forum for students to comment.
I also think that I would like for students to have the opportunity to submit work that they want to post on the class blog (kind of like submitting a piece of journalism to the school newspaper editor) to encourage students to challenge themselves to put forth their BEST work, refine and rework their work, and to think about what they really want to put out there for others to read. This, to me, is a way to help them transition to having their own blog, so that they really think about what they say and what they choose to make public. I also think this could encourage students to get more comfortable with feedback, if others are able to comment on their posts.
I use Googledocs religiously with my classroom for writing and editing. My students all create a Gmail account at the beginning of each school year. Apparently Google provides "blogger", and it is really easy to use. I plan to use blogger with my students in order to promote discussions over the current literature we are reading, while hopefully creating interest in writing. Wish me luck!
I am also very new. I was told Facebook is similar (I am not on Facebook) to blogging. I wonder if the students are going to really like this and use it because they all seem to love Facebook.
We will be using Blogger to publish the articles of a year long magazine project that all of the students in the building will be doing. The 8th graders will be publishing their blogs throughout the year using either first names only, or pen names. We hope that by knowing that their writing will be able to be viewed by anyone will cause them to look more closely at their writing.
Given the complexity of setting up individual blogs for each student and monitoring 100 blogs, I would start by creating the prompts (that include my own opinions or confusions) on our class blog, having students respond to that through the comments, and require them to respond to each other. As that proceeds and students begin to internalize the purpose of the blog over time, I might begin to use blogging as an enrichment to test the process and give advanced students an outlet beyond the classroom. That could then become the model for other students when I attempt to get all students on a blog. THe challenge for me will always managing the communication and the purpose of the blogs. Blogs are individually owned and operated to teacher-management for which I am not excited about being the police force.
I would like to have the students publish creative writing and have their peers go on to critique/comment.
ReplyDeleteI plan to establish opportunities for enhanced learning and attempts at re-teaching after checkpoint tests. I'd like to use the blogging opportunity to facilitate classroom discussion through writing. It will be interesting to see if engaging the students through blogging will help with classroom management.
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I have been using Edmodo.com to share ideas and student work within my classes. The audience is limited to the block that the student is in, but they are still sharing their work with all of the students in that class. Edmodo could also be used to share idea and posts, but again it is limited to a smaller audience. I would like to connect my classes other classes throughout the district to share on a larger scale. I am also using edublogs.com for blogging with my students and I will be trying to connect this buzzworthyblogs page with other teachers/students.
ReplyDeleteI'm SOOOOO new to all of this!!! It's a bit overwhelming, but I'm open to learning. I do see how blogging can be an effective learning tool and am excited to explore it further!!!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of using social media, a few years ago I had a student teacher suggest that we should create facebook pages for fictional characters, which was awesome, how live would it be to be able to pull that off and have comments as well. I will figure out a way to incorporate it into journals, formative assessments, and pre-writing as often as possible. Thanks for the brain food ppl:)
ReplyDeleteI have created a blog TigersintheMiddle by which my students will share responses to book they have read independently.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of allowing students to record narrations. This will not only help with their writing skills it will improve their reading as well.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of creating a blog for my classes, for posting materials, discussion questions, readings, etc and allowing that forum for students to comment.
ReplyDeleteI also think that I would like for students to have the opportunity to submit work that they want to post on the class blog (kind of like submitting a piece of journalism to the school newspaper editor) to encourage students to challenge themselves to put forth their BEST work, refine and rework their work, and to think about what they really want to put out there for others to read. This, to me, is a way to help them transition to having their own blog, so that they really think about what they say and what they choose to make public. I also think this could encourage students to get more comfortable with feedback, if others are able to comment on their posts.
I use Googledocs religiously with my classroom for writing and editing. My students all create a Gmail account at the beginning of each school year. Apparently Google provides "blogger", and it is really easy to use. I plan to use blogger with my students in order to promote discussions over the current literature we are reading, while hopefully creating interest in writing. Wish me luck!
ReplyDeleteI am also very new. I was told Facebook is similar (I am not on Facebook) to blogging. I wonder if the students are going to really like this and use it because they all seem to love Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI plan to use it as we read Night. As with the Discussions in Schoolloop, I will post a question or comment and the students will respond to the post.
ReplyDeleteWe will be using Blogger to publish the articles of a year long magazine project that all of the students in the building will be doing. The 8th graders will be publishing their blogs throughout the year using either first names only, or pen names. We hope that by knowing that their writing will be able to be viewed by anyone will cause them to look more closely at their writing.
ReplyDeleteI am very new to this process. I would like to use blogging as a tool to help the students brainstorm ideas.
ReplyDeleteStudents will be very excited to see what they and others are writing. This is a great motivator.
ReplyDeleteGiven the complexity of setting up individual blogs for each student and monitoring 100 blogs, I would start by creating the prompts (that include my own opinions or confusions) on our class blog, having students respond to that through the comments, and require them to respond to each other. As that proceeds and students begin to internalize the purpose of the blog over time, I might begin to use blogging as an enrichment to test the process and give advanced students an outlet beyond the classroom. That could then become the model for other students when I attempt to get all students on a blog. THe challenge for me will always managing the communication and the purpose of the blogs. Blogs are individually owned and operated to teacher-management for which I am not excited about being the police force.
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