- Classroom Organization: posting homework, posting outlines, posting class documents
- Extension of the classroom community: creating an online classroom community that supports students when the leave the classroom. This allows for students to obtain help on homework or projects from other students or even the teacher. Also, using the blog as a forum of discussion can help facilitate more creative thinking.
- Presentation of material: Having students post their homework or even projects allows the students to see their progression as a student. Students will feel more accomplished when they notice the difference in their work.
- Motivation: Students who are shy in the classroom might find this online community the perfect place to where they can express themselves. Plus, students will most likely be interested in this technology because they most likely are already using it for extracurricular activities.
- The standards that will be address in the blog forum are:
- NYS Standard 4 (Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for classroom and social interaction) Students will request assistance for tasks, describe a hobby, song or book that they are interested in while employing the conventions of social writing.
- NYS Standard 3 (Students will listen, speak, and write in English for critical analysis and evaluation) Students will assess, compare and evaluate different posts, so that they can provide feedback to other bloggers (classmates). Develop their own argument for their opinion and provide evidence for their interpretation.
- NYS Standard 2 (Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for literary response, enjoyment and expression) Students will use post other media sources to help help convey and organize their information. They will also participate in collective activities that promote collaborative thinking.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Extending the classroom into the blogosphere
Educators can use blogs so that they can act as an interactive classroom to support students. Using this technology can help to bring more organization for the students and help to extend the classroom community. Here are some ways that blogs can enhance the educational setting.
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Hi Casey! I really like your comment about how this is the perfect forum for shy students. I think you are correct. Shy may feel safer posting things than actually sharing in front of a group, or have the class's attention focused on them. This would be a great negotiation with a shy student - "I agree not to call on you or ask you to share your work in class, if you agree to make comments and/or share your work on our blog...."
ReplyDeleteI will definitely remember this to use in the future with shy students! It also may work well with students who come from a culture where they traditionally do not feel it is appropriate to speak in class. This may be a great way to ease them into that aspect of American education....
Thanks for the thought-provoking post!
I liked the bulleted format that you had. Very straight forward! Anyways, the comment you made about the the students getting help on homework assignements by the teacher or their peers through the comment section reminded me of this class and how we have that section of the discussion board available to us. I also liked how you tied in the idea of communities. That is something really important in any classroom let alone a foreign language one. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteI agree that a blog allows you to "manipulate student material." It's definitely more fun to look at a bright screen with pictures and colors and places to click than a black-and-white piece of paper. Come to think of it, blogging is really a 'green' way of teaching.
ReplyDeleteYou've pointed out some very useful ways to use blogging!
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea about morivation! Even shy students can communicate using blogs without any problems. Thank you for comment about this~!
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