(Taken from an email from Peter Carey – June 2004)
Since the theme this week is response writing, I thought I might introduce weblogs, blogs or blogging. I think they have great potential for student writing, portfolios, posting assignments and communicating with parents. I am in favour of anything that gets kids to write. Why not give it a go.
From Jay Cross:
Weblogs are a personal writing space. Easy to share, automatically archived. Weblogs are easily linked and cross-linked to form learning communities. The school logs projects are examples. The school logs also enable a teacher to evaluate a student's thinking, by reading explanations and assignments.
· Weblogs can become digital portfolios of students\' assignments and achievements.
· Weblogs are a novice's web authoring tool.
· Accumulated weblogs become a content management system.
· Via digital storytelling, weblogs play a role in professional development.
Weblogs in the classroom
Presentation on the definition, characteristics and potential for
education of weblogs.
All the News That\'s Fit to Blog
Lesson plan where students critique three Web logs, each of which offers first-hand accounts, but reflect different points-of-view, on the war in Iraq.
Surf The Net With Kids: Blogging
Blogging is a new way to teach writing. This site lists blogging sites.
Weblogg-ed
Ideas for Web logs in the classroom and a clearinghouse for sites and
issues relating to Web logs, RSS and other Internet related technologies in education.
Blogs as Writing Practice
Blogs are an opportunity to publish and share text on the web quickly
and simply and they offer new learning possibilities. Here are some
strategies you might consider for using blogs in your classroom.
Lucy\'s Blog
Lucy from J.H.House Elementary school has created this blog site is
about the news and helping people understand it.
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