A blog can support my teaching and learning experience in many ways. It is an excellent way to document my learning experience about teaching!
I would
use a blog with my students in a year long assignment. This would be flexible
and self paced. This would be most appropriate for high school students but
could be used at the middle school level. They would be able to upload and
import photos, class writing assignments and be creative in their blog layout.
Some writing
assignments could include: Autobiography, designing a family tree, creative
writing, science fiction/horror etc. This would be personal to them and they
would need to demonstrate researching skills for some of the assignments. They
would need to correctly site photos and quotes they find online. I would observe
their individual blogs periodically and grade on content that is posted.
My concerns
about educational blogging are the privacy and confidentiality factors. I know stories
of people posting on Facebook about certain students and parents finding out.
That would be an awkward and uncomfortable situation!! Being discrete and
respectful is crucial in the educational blog world!
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