Captured Thoughts
Based on where we in the course, let's capture some ideas on how, in general, we might use blogging in education and training.
- Rotate responsibility for kids to summarize what happened in school.
- To deal with the lack of computers, use a single computer as a learning center, with students responsible for posting.
- Recognize and honor student work: i.e., type in a student's poem to showcase it.
- Use the comments feature for teacher (and others) to provide feedback.
- Use blogging to nurture dialog among teachers, kids, parents, and interested guests.
- Organize the use of mentors by bringing them in as guest bloggers.
- Allowing reflection time for quiet people; provide voice for the introverts.
- "Audience effect". Kids write more carefully for a wider audience that goes beyond the classroom.
- Start small. Don't develop a lesson or system with all the possible bells and whistles in place at the start.
- Get away from the notion that we're creating a website. Blogs are unique.
- Pre-selected audience (pre-arranged by teacher).
- Teaching the ability to dialog.
- To work within the present environment of NCLB, high stakes testing, etc., pick a single standard to work on for every project you develop.
- Pay attention to your local AUP on student pictures, identities, etc.
- Issue: needing email for kids. Possible answer: Gaggle.Net.
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