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| Rob Moran |
For me the point that stood out the most was just start! In that the focus should start off with me. I need to be a model for the students and work slowly into the blogging as a class concept. By modeling I'll be able to demonstrate the guidelines and expectations that the kids will be using.
A second point I took away is how the concept of blogs follows Bloom's Taxonomy, as well as a student centered experience. Blogs encourage the students to work together and use their creativity in their everyday writing. I think this forum provides those students who are not as vocal or outgoing in class an avenue to express themselves where they are comfortable.
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2008-05-28 09:50:39 |
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| Michele Calloway |
I really liked this session. I felt that there were quite a few "takeaways." Blogging is a way to get meaningful conversation going between all students, even the quiet, shy kids. They often have great thoughts but are reluctant to raise their hands and speak in front of a whole group. Blogging promotes reading, writing, and reflecting on ideas or opinions that may be different from ours. I also like the fact that the kids can get responses from people outside of our class setting, making it important for them to think about what they are writing. Anne's WebQuest is pretty cool and is probably a nice place to start.
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2008-05-22 16:04:03 |
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| Mitch Fowler |
I really felt that there were two main points to this presentation: 1. In order to blog effectively, one needs to present and model the blog slowly to the kids 2. Blogging requires several levels of Bloom's Taxonomy to be meaningful and worthwhile.
The first main point that I took away (modeling and presenting first) was one that I really need to work on as a teacher who uses blogs. For the past two years I have been so excited to get kids creating, collaborating, sharing, and commenting, that I think I've flown over some main points of blogging. In her presentation, I thin Anne's Webquest was amazing. I think I will have my kids work on this next year before we start. I think the time that could be spent working on this Webquest would definitely outweigh some of my introductory blogging activities. In addition, upon completion of the Webquest, I think the kids would understand how the blog is built upon the same foundations of our writing class as opposed to simply a fun way to post what you're thinking about.
The second main point (using Bloom's Taxonomy) really struck a chord in me. During the summer I corresponded with several teacher who use blogging. One of our main conversations was about how to take blogging to the next step. How do we get our kids to do something with the blog that they couldn't do in class... or don't do in class. One of the answers to this question may be using Bloom's Taxonomy more often in constructing questions and posts on the blog. I really liked the ribbons that Anne had on her Rock You slide show on the Bloom's Taxonomy wiki. I think that I may try to recreate these ribbons for my class.
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2008-02-18 14:02:05 |
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