My blog would be used for a high
school college prep biology course. I would use the blog for extra reinforcement
of class material for students to for analyze topics discussed in class. I would begin my blog at the class level in
which students can communicate with their peers.
I find the most beneficial way to incorporate
a blog in to my class is for communication with parents and students. I would be able to post information regarding
class announcements, testes, quizzes, projects, and up coming class and science
events. It would also be a place where I
can incorporate current events to encourage students to read about science in
the news. The blog would provide parents
with information about the course and allow them to know what is going on in
the class. I would also incorporate pictures
of class activities, projects, and samples of students work that students have
completed in class. It would provide
parents evidence of students learning and success in the class.
As a teacher I have never
incorporated blogging into my lessons.
However, I feel that incorporating blogs into my classroom can have many
beneficial advantages for students.
Blogs would provide students an online cooperative group in which they
can discuss biology topics. I would be
able to provide students with a prompt in which they would be able to respond
to. In addition, responding to me the
prompt they can also read other classmates post and respond to them. It would provide students with the
opportunity to collaborate with classmates outside of class (Richardson, 2010).
Reference
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs,
wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web
tools for classrooms (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI think that using blogs as a way to communicate to both parents and students is very beneficial. It not only gives parents the opportunity to view what their student is learning or doing while in your classroom, but it also gives students the chance to monitor their own learning. Additionally, using blogs to facilitate class discussions allows students to work with one another and extend their knowledge on class content. With the use of blogs, however, I do believe that there is a potential challenge that any teacher can face. Typically when students post online they do not always follow proper writing etiquette. As a result, students’ writings often involve informal, grammatically incorrect, fragmented or incomplete sentences that can cause misunderstandings in any person who views their text. To avoid any miscommunication among the class and instead foster meaningful dialogue, I would recommend that you discuss with your students what proper blogging etiquette entails while also giving them an opportunity to view professional blogs that model good blogging. Furthermore, by commenting on your students’ responses, you can yourself serve as a model for what effective blogging necessitates (Richardson, 2010)
-Irene
References
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Irene,
DeleteThat is a very good idea. In my class before I had student start blogging I would have a blogging etiquette lesson. I would want students to know that their information they post is being publish electronically that many people would be able to see. I would also stress the importance of their writing skills, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Similarly, as Kathy Martin (Laureate, 2014) in the video Spotlight on technology demonstrated in her class. I have noticed that students often write as they text and that will be a habit that they will have to change.
Nicole
Reference
Laureate Education (Producer). (2014) Spotlight on technology: Blogging in the classroom [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you are going to have a blogging etiquette lesson for you students. I think that this lesson will greatly benefit your class and make them more aware of what effective communication entails. Students are so used to writing in fragmented sentences via text and email. As a result, In order for effective communication to take place students need to follow proper etiquette rules in their writing.
-Irene