I like the idea of authoring a blog as an addition to working in the classroom. I have known collegues who have blogs, vlogs, or webpages where they share their research.
Thanks for all the information about blogging and how to use it to engage students.
Note: Your comments about "head" and "heart" (referring to younger students and older adults) needs to be clearer.
Do you mean that younger people are not able to engage in the same quality/level of reasoning adults engage in? This is a contestable claim.
What is the evidence for this?
Piaget was wrong. Children can also philosophize well if adults allow them to.
Side Note: Look also at David Hume's description that people (young and old) are a "bundle of sense impressions."
There are also mutiple adults who reason through their emotions (if that's what you mean) as well as children who, if allowed, can think more like Socrates )more logical) and less like their Peter Pan parents.
Blogging allows for learning to go beyond online structure. It allows students to elaborate and be as expressive as they want to be, as long as they follow online etiquette. Like mentioned in chapter, they cannot give out personal information, be disrespectful, or talk about someone else without their permission. But blogging indeed, is a great resource tool for learing.
Including a blog into your course material sounds like it will benefit the class in a manner of which they can discuss topics as needed.
The blogging rubric is beneficial to define what is possible in using a blog as a part of instruction. Depth of idea and strength of citations is a factor as shooting from the hip does not create the kind of rigor needed in an academic setting.
Blogs can be used in a variety of ways. Not only can multi-media be added to content but blogs can include testing and class updates.
Blogs are great to get the students to think creatively and think out side of the box. Get their thoughts & feelings out. They may also provide good learning & organizational tools for future projects.
I learned what blogging is, the purposes of blogging, some policies used in blogging, and some suggested activities in blogging. I will try to incorporate blogging into my classroom. I know I have to have a specific purpose then make sure the students are able to logon to my blog. Once I have my blog set up I will choose my questions carefully to illicit a certain response.
Bogging can be very beneficial to an online class. I appreciate the two rubrics to see the development of the students.
Bloggin as a collaborative tool with students is amazing. I will include it on my next course.
Blogging can be used in a variety of ways, that align with traditional F2F Assessments. Blogging allows students to post their responses, get feedback from their peers and continue to interact in an Online Learning Community.
As a blogging teacher, it is an ideal tool to stay informed, force yourself to create constant communication with your students, seeking that the teaching is active, recent and that encourages the reader to create two-way communication.
Blogging is a great collaboration tool! I've implemeted blogging into lesson for years. Students find it as a way to "informally" complete the task when in actuality you are creating a "formal'' lesson for them.
I am coming to the fact that blogging can be a great learning tool for the student and the teacher.
Blogging allows students to voice their opinions and view the opinions of others. This leads to team work and great brain storming.
I learned expectations should be put in place to help the online atmosphere.
I've found blogging to be helpful as a student because it helped me reflect on what I've learned in a course. Additionally, I was able to create a digital portfolio from my posts at the end of the term.
Blogging can be a good place for students to create a sort of online portfolio and record of their work over time. I like the idea/possiblity of using this in my art classes.
Blogging allows students to write openly.
Will meetwith my students tonifght to get their input on sing blogs to improve lesrning.
