I feel like I am really learning a whole new world here. I thought I was pretty tech savvy but I am learning how much I REALLY have to learn. One of the main reasons for taking this class was to MAKE me take time to play on the computer. I think so much of the time I use my computer and internet as I need it. I don't make time to really play on it to see how it can benefit me and my teaching.
I am currently a math and science teacher. I really wanted to be able to go back to school next year and be able to use blogging as my journaling. I think my kids would LOVE to type and be heard by everyone willing to read it. The one draw back would be that many of my kids do not have regular access to a computer. This causes a problem because I would have to use class time to make this work and I am already short on that. I know they would learn so much from each other and it would definitely be student centered learning. Would the time used to set up and establish the blog sites be worth it in the end? I have so many ideas in my head.. I am wondering if 4th graders would be able to handle being responsible for posting a blog on their site once a week or would it be better for them to post a comment on a blog site that I have created? How does this work with the school security on the internet? I will need to find this out.
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These are great questions and ones that definitely have to be answered before you can proceed with using blogs in your classroom. I think that you are on track with the idea that having their work "out there" for all to read makes students take more time and think more carefully about what they want to write. This can only be a good thing, right?
I am in another class at the moment where we are discussing these very issues. They have given me some free websites that are not blocked my Mesquite and are "educational". They are set up for schools, therefore are "safe". Let me know if you would like more info on this!
MISD does allow on educational blogging site, edublogs.org, through the filter. Is that one of your sites?
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