2-6: First Blog Entry

Apr 06 2008

Published by itpd at 10:14 am under Blogging

I am not sure how to use blogging in the classroom yet. I have read a lot of material on the subject but I have no real direction since I teach five different technology classes that may have students from 9-12 grade levels. I have a good start. I believe that blogging would be beneficial for students but establishing proper guidelines and education would have to be addressed first. Some students are doing blogging now but not as much within a classroom and that is a completely different type of environment that brings more responsibilities and consequences to all involved. The biggest hurdle will be the time to be able to plan and create. The time constraints are many especially to those who teach technology the expectations make this step more difficult. In any form of change and development a person needs to be positive about what they want to accomplish and make that there is a level of success at each step. Take one class to pilot and be patient in its development. Fight? All struggles are advantageous. It’s that why we are involved with technology. Right?

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5 Responses to “2-6: First Blog Entry”

# Victoron 06 Apr 2008 at 10:23 am

Involve your students in creating the guidelines for blogging. They usually have a lot to offer.
# Victoron 13 Apr 2008 at 9:56 am

Blogging is a great tool. It gives your students a voice. Guidelines are very important. The Web a public place and you must know how to act appropriately.
# Johnon 14 Apr 2008 at 8:23 pm

Just wanted to let you know that everything is fine. Every blog is a little different.
John
# Johnon 14 Apr 2008 at 8:24 pm

This is my second comment. I don’t know whether the first got through or not.
John
# Jordanon 17 Apr 2008 at 6:48 pm

The first step is always the scariest and the riskiest. I completely understand the struggles with having so many classes, but maybe blogging can be a way to bring some continuity between all those classes. The students don’t necessarily have to blog about the same things/ideas, but having an assignment in which the students respond to class issues with their blogs will help give them stronger understanding of concepts, and that might free up time during the school day that you would have used to cover the same things.