Blogging
Objective Students
will be able to describe the nature of and uses for blogging.
Objective Students
will be able to articulate the benefits of blogging in a school setting.
Introduction Blogging – It’s a term that you hear
everywhere you go these days, on television, the radio, the grocery store, your
kids have probably been talking about it for months. What exactly is blogging
anyway? And why is it suddenly more
popular than ever?
Blogging,
or web logging, is a fairly recent phenomenon that allows the user to keep an
on-line journal of their thoughts and opinions, and often asks for input on
those thoughts from other users.
Blogging
has actually been in use since around 1994 but teachers are just starting to
realize the potential of blogging in the classroom.
In
this session, students will learn more about the history and basics of blogging
and will also begin to explore the benefits of blogging in the classroom.
Activity The
following two web sites give brief overviews of blogging. Read the articles and explore some of the
links in order to gain a better understanding of the blogging phenomenon.
Blogging: http://www.learnnc.org/index.nsf/doc/timesaver0501?OpenDocument
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_1.htm
Read
through the next few web sites that discuss blogging and how it can be used in
a school setting.
School Blogs:
http://www.schoolblogs.com/stories/storyReader$265
This
website discusses the purposes of school blogs and has a link to several
updated actual school blogs.
Educational
Blogging: http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0450.asp?bhcp=1 This article describes the concept of
blogging and its role in an educational setting.
Blogging? It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech217.shtml This article from the Education World web
site discusses blogging and its role in the elementary school setting.
Assignment Submit
a word file via email to your instructor with a brief explanation of blogging
(200 words or less) and a list of 5 benefits that blogging can bring to the
elementary school setting.
Rubric
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Unacceptable |
Accomplished |
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Summary |
Summary does not
provide an adequate description of blogging. |
Well crafted
summary of the key points of blogging |
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Benefits |
Benefits listed
either do not apply to blogging in an educational setting or student did not
list proper number of benefits. |
Correct number
of benefits listed. Benefits are well
thought out and apply directly to blogging in an educational setting. |