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Week 5: Feb.11 - 18 Involving Students in Blogging |
Week 5: Involving Students in Blogging
During this week, participants will:
- identify the steps involved in getting students to blog
- study several cases of class blogging and reflect upon what determines the success of such experiences
- debate whether teachers should correct students' postings
- compare alternative ways to respond to students' postings
- consider ways in which blogs can be used to facilitate communication outside the classroom
- identify ways to find collaborative partners and audiences for their blogging classes
Extension: Successful Class Blogging - Blog pedagogy
Task 1. Read the following blog posts
Rationale for Educational Blogging
Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory
Task 2 - Analyze blogs and blog entries.
a. Check some of the entries below:
International Exchange
- A Very Special Clown
- What comes to your mind when you hear the word Brazil? How about Arizona?
- Brasilia and Phoenix Connected
Brazil and Argentina - Scrapbooking Project
EFAcademic
CTJOnline
- Mystery Guest (activity learned from Bee Dieu and Graham Stanley)
- Students' Video to Mystery Guest
- Mystery Guest's Video
- Isabel Allende's Listening Discussion
- The City of God
The Power of Mind
- Darren's Post (a 5th Grader) on Blogging
- Eddie's Reply on Darren's Post
- Canadian mom's reply on Darren's post
Contemporary Non-Fiction Writing
b. The Edublogs Awards is an annual event in which people in the blogosphere vote for the best blogs of the Year in different categories. Check the categories and access some of the winners' blogs.
c. Post your reflections to the group blog.
Task 3 - Help the group improve our list of Blogging Principles and Practices.
- After analyzing some blog posts and blogs, access last year's compilation of Blogging Principles and Practices to add your valuable contribution to our always-evolving list.
Task 4 - Write a blog post with an idea for a blogging activity for your students.
- Brainstorm some potential blogging activities which you think might be beneficial to your students' learning experience.
- Remember that you want to engage them in conversations, encourage them to express themselves, motivate them to write.
- Check some examples of blogging activities here
- Tag your post: edublogpractice
Task 5 - Access other participants' blogs.
- Search for participants who have posted ideas for blogging activities http://technorati.com/tag/edublogpractice?authority=n&language=en
- Check their blogging ideas and leave them a comment stating what you thought of the activity, how you could apply to your own educational setting and giving them any constructive feedback to improve their blogging experience.
Optional Task (Yahoogroups Discussion)
- We invite you to join us in our Yahoogroups Discussion To correct or not to correct
- Send an e-mail to the group with your views on the topic.
- Write in the subject area of your message: "To Correct or not to Correct".
Guest Speaker of the Week
James Farmer's presentation:
'What's the blogging point? Why you, your students and your boss could all do with an edublog.'
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"James Farmer has been a teacher at La Trobe and RMIT Universities, a lecturer in education design at Deakin and the online community editor at The Age. |
Tuesday Feb.12 |
You can access the session here: WiZiQ
Podcast also available here.
Remember to Sign up for an account at WiziQ prior to the presentation.Use headsets or earphones during the session.
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