So today I'm blogging about blogging, just wanted to type that because it seemed odd...Anyway to the point, so far I like this part of the class and its opened my eyes to entire world I knew very little about. I thought at first it would be a hassle not only to write my own blog to keep up with and comment on others. But I think, especially with the Webquest, it was almost reassuring to find out others were having the same difficulties I was.
Now that I have had some practice with this, albeit very limited, I have been looking for ways to include this in some way to my classroom. I would like at some point to launch a history blog, to get my students using the internet and get them using it the right way, at least in terms of history assignments. I would also envision it as a place to re-cap a week of lessons and provide a place for a student who may have missed classes to get assignments and important information.
I think the blog can be used extremely effectively to help reinforce class instruction. It really does give you an open forum for opinion and response beyond the classroom.
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I think it is a great idea to incorporate a blog in a high school course. I like your idea about writing up a recap of the week's lessons. That way student's have no excuse for missing any assignments or not having all the information they need for class. High school students are very opinionated and blogging would give them the perfect opportunity to express themselves. I also think that from the teacher's point of view, blogging makes for a very worthwhile and convenient assignment. You get to assess your student's grasp of knowledge and willingness to participate, without having to bring home any papers to grade!
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