Wednesday, January 13, 2010
"The blog must go on"
I personally have never been a blogger. I honestly have never seen it as practical or useful. After reading "Thats online writing, not boring school writing" I started to see a useful side to blogging. I doubt I will ever start blogging for my personal interests but I do think it would be really interesting to use a class blog like the Talkback Project. Classrooms in this new "technological age" need to be phyiscally and mentally stimulating and computers are a great tool for creating this type of classroom. I think my future students would respond well to having a 2-way blog with somone else. This idea of blogging could even turn into whole other lessons as well. My brother teaches at a school in Honduras and I could easily have him set up blogs for his students and could create 2-way blogs between his students and my own. This would be a great multi-cultural experience for his and my own students. This would be an exciting and fun literary tool. Blogging could bring about a whole new classroom experience.
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Chris,
ReplyDeleteThe Honduras connection is a terrific idea--the power of blogs comes from the ability to connect with real audiences, in this case, making connections across continents!
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea of having your students blog with your brother's students! That would be a really cool way to give your students a unique experience with writing and also with different cultures!
I think that would be a great idea too. It also gives them a meaning to their blogging/writing. It can help them organize their thoughts and work on writing.
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