Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thing #4: Lovin' Blogs!
Blogs are exciting channels that facilitate learning. They give us (and will give students) ownership of their learning and automatically bring about metacognition in an authentic way. I had an aha moment while reading Anne Davis' EduBlog Insights blog http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/01/17/rationale-for-educational-blogging/ when she asserts that blogging gives students an opportunity to share their voices. I am a lover and teacher of writing, and I love the opportunities blogging affords me to share my voice. It is exciting to think about those same opportunities for our students. They have a unique opportunity to PUBLISH their thoughts in writing. While they are reflecting, learning, and making meaning, they are sharing all of that with the world. That is huge. Society and the world are in a swarm of constant change. Blogging is a way to allow ourselves and our students to keep up with those changes! I look forward to learning even more ways to revolutionize my own learning as well as others.
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I am also loving the blogs! I keep thinking of all the ways that I can use this in my classroom next year!
ReplyDeleteYou said blogging gives students "the unique opportunity to publish their thoughts in writing." I agree blogs are a great way for students to express themselves. But I also feel cautious blogging. I am extremely new to blogging so it makes me nervous to think the words we write in our blogs is permanent, what we put out there is for everyone to see forever.
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