Hello Dr. Kelly,
I would love to share my classroom with people outside of my school. I want my students to show what they are doing to anyone around the world. I would include a variety of topics, multimedia, and have my students follow other classroom blogs as well.
Dennis,
How would you grade them and make students responsible for the content?
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Kelly
I see them as a very flexible and dynamic way to get students involved in ongoing current events that directly relate to a course concepts and topics.
Cheers, Dennis
krystal,
That is true. How could students use it?
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
I think blogs could be a good tool uesed to address students. When you need to make a statement or add comments it can be done quickly with a blog.
Stacie,
There is so much power in the journaling function particularly if a student feels somewhat isolated.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Aisling,
environmental science would be an interesting field to use Blogging. I would also look at terms students used to incorporate specific vocabulary.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Arthur,
I really like the way that you word your activities. I really like the idea of a "thought appraiser" that is such an interesting and engaging term.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Joseph,
You make an excellent point. Now, the blogs can be much more multimedia and interactive and that can be an important tool.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
My course is a bit unique because I monitor students on their externships remotely. I would implement blogging as a way that the students could journal about their various externship experiences at pharmacies around the country. I think it would be really neat to track the progression of students' experiences and growth from day one to completion via their blogs.
I think I will use blogs to talk about assignments and upcoming events. I will also use it in relation to videos and other media.
Some hot topics in environmental science and other areas. Blogging to get some critical thinking quesitions going
I intend to use Blogs in the following activities:
• Thought appraisers: single thought in answering a question,
• Requesting an opinion on a written task,
• Presenting questions about a lesson
I can see a blog being useful in many ways. Additional articles, videos and research materials could be included, or linked. Thoughts or comments on course principles could be presented, along with personal experiences that would illustrate how the principles apply to the workplace. Current events or news items that are relevant to course principles could be presented and discussed. Students could be asked to research and present their own ideas and perceptions on course concepts. Each of these content areas could be developed into discussion forums for feedback and assessment as well.
