I am really starting to worry. I woke up at 3 AM thinking ab0ut what to post. This is getting scary. Needless to say, it did not take me long to realize that blogging could wait and that I would probably be able to come up with something a little later. Well, now that I am finally on. It has taken me 30 minutes to log into blogger. I have no idea what the problem is. It just finally popped up and let me in. It also did the same thing the other day. Alright, so what is my point? As a learner, I can understand students frustration when they face a challenge.
On Wednesday, Bill showed us examples of blogs used to create teacher webpages and school websites. This is a great idea. It makes the parents more accountable for their child's learning. I would make sure that comments could not be posted on the site. If the parents would like to contact me they could do it via email. This would also eleviate the waste of paper and pencils. At least three students newsletters are returned to me each week in their folder. At the end of the week, I am the one that throws it away.
Amy mentioned that their is a blogging site that reads the blog aloud to the student. I am wondering if this is one that Kindergarten would be able to use. I could have an older student type in the statements for the Kindergartener. But would the blog remain authentic or would the older student change the terminology and wording of the blog? There are so many unanswered questions.
After reading Chapter 1, of Blogs, Wikis, and Podcast: I can see how the Web has made significant changes since I was young. It is amazing how young students enter schools knowing how the use computers.
3 comments:
Crystal, It's not good to be waking up in the middle of the night worrying about class. I've been there and done that. Not fun.
I am interested in the blogging site that Amy mentioned as well. The one that will read the blog entries out loud. This may work well for second graders. It would be really neat if you could incorporate a speach recognition program for the younger children to make their blog entries. It would make it more meaningful for them.
Here is the site. gaggle.net
You have to create student accounts. It is a very simple site. I think having the ability to hear what is there is helpful both for younger students and special needs students.
I am sure that having the blog read will make the medium a better instructional tool for me. I also think that perhaps my students will not realize that they are composing! Some have very weak skills.
Wouldn't it be cool to have a class at the elementary level working with a class at the high school level? Maybe a high school teacher can assign students to write things for your students to learn about and your students can share information about what is going on in your classroom... neat
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