*Side note: would "the internet wasn't working" become the next "my dog ate my homework" excuse?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thing 3
I think my students would enjoy posting assignments to a blog, but I wonder how much more they would get from electronically posting responses than to turning in printed ones. I think I would have to require them to respond to at least one other student's posting in order to guarantee that they would read various other responses. I wonder if the students would simply restate what other's already said. For instance, in class, my kids are often in their own worlds and end up "participating" in discussions by saying the same exact same thing another student already said, 5 minutes earlier. However, through a blog, perhaps it would offer them a chance to pause, process and then type a response, providing students with a different mode to develop critical thinking skills.
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I think the one advantage of blogs is that the student who might not otherwise speak out in class will through the blog. It is hard to get students to read each others' blogs. They often just want to get it done and move on to math homework or something. I have found that they come to class better prepared to discuss their ideas if they blog about it the night before and it's quicker and easier than writing or typing a response.
ReplyDeleteThe internet isn't working excuse does come up more frequently because it takes awhile for it to become a habit for them.
You are so far ahead of me on the 23 Things that I'm becoming seriously embarrassed!