Three Ways to Effectively Use a Blog:
1. Students can respond to a discussion question posted by the teacher once a week. The student in turn will also be required to respond to another students posting with a thoughtful response.
2. Students could also use the blog to assist each other in their learning. Such as if their is a concept they are struggling in they can post their questions to other students for answers. This will encourage collaborative learning groups.
3. Students and parents could use the blog to voice concerns and keep track of what their child is learning.
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These all sound good except the possibility of parents "voicing concerns" on the blog. My concern is that if there is negativity that might cause a problem for you and the other parents might have issues. Instead of a great resource it could get messy for you and not be a learning and sharing blog.What do you think Freda?
ReplyDeleteEvery good intention has a capability of turning sour when misapplied. Ithink setting rules of contribution will help reduce incidence of "mess." One only hope that parents will show maturity in their contributions.
ReplyDeleteThis seem to be a good plan. I think the students will learn from each others ideas. Collaborative groups keep the students engaged. I think that having the parents involved on the assignment can have pros and cons, overall it should be positive.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of establishing rules of contributing for parents. I think this will help you maintain the control that you need to make it a positive exprience. I know that we all have had parents that come on too strong and can leave a bad taste in your mouth after you do something that was good in your classroom.
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ReplyDeleteIn your first example where students would be posting to discussion questions to a teacher generated questions I like that you added that they would be required to respond to another students response. I feel that the most important idea with blogs that we must establish for our students is that thoughtful interaction is the key element. By having students post and then respond they would be reinforcing crucial ideas and concepts by giving thoughtful responses.
Paul