Comments on: Managing Students on Blogs…What Role Do You Assign Students? http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/ Tips, tricks, ideas and help with using web 2.0 technologies and edublogs Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:28:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: MisterB http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-6260 MisterB Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:13:44 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-6260 @Sue Waters, Thanks for the kind comments Sue. I like the idea of the 12 member team as well. I will check it out. Best, Robert @Sue Waters, Thanks for the kind comments Sue. I like the idea of the 12 member team as well. I will check it out.
Best, Robert

]]> By: Sue Waters http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-6256 Sue Waters Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:01:45 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-6256 @MisterB, I'm really glad that you have discovered that the RSS feed really does help you manage it better. Your Campus site really is coming along well and you should be really proud. I think this statement 'luddite-inclined friends – you have to be willing to get messy with technology at first' is so totally true. Take a chance. Be forgiving on yourself by accepting you won't always get it right and be willing to make the occasional mistake. Nothing was ever invented right the first time -- what was it? 1000 different ways until they got the Dyson vaccum cleaner right? BTW one of the blogs on the class blog list is interesting and might be a good concept for you to consider. They have set up a team blog of 12 students who are responsible for being the media people for the school and report on all the cool stuff that is happening. I really like that concept! @MisterB, I’m really glad that you have discovered that the RSS feed really does help you manage it better.

Your Campus site really is coming along well and you should be really proud.

I think this statement ‘luddite-inclined friends – you have to be willing to get messy with technology at first’ is so totally true. Take a chance. Be forgiving on yourself by accepting you won’t always get it right and be willing to make the occasional mistake. Nothing was ever invented right the first time — what was it? 1000 different ways until they got the Dyson vaccum cleaner right?

BTW one of the blogs on the class blog list is interesting and might be a good concept for you to consider. They have set up a team blog of 12 students who are responsible for being the media people for the school and report on all the cool stuff that is happening. I really like that concept!

]]> By: MisterB http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-6242 MisterB Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:11:34 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-6242 As a follow up to my initial comment, I want to thank Sue and the above comment authors for suggesting the RSS feed, which I have been using with great success. I even now let my students have "Protected" conversations for more private interactions. These do show up as "protected" on the feed, but I can see them easily by going into the dashboard of the student and looking at Recent Comments. Our class blog has grown exponentially this year and I'm extremely satisfied with the way Edublogs/Wordpress is set up to allow so much manipulation of user roles. It took some amount of time to get comfortable with the entire interface, but as I tell my luddite-inclined friends - you have to be willing to get messy with technology at first. There is no substitute for experience. As a follow up to my initial comment, I want to thank Sue and the above comment authors for suggesting the RSS feed, which I have been using with great success. I even now let my students have “Protected” conversations for more private interactions. These do show up as “protected” on the feed, but I can see them easily by going into the dashboard of the student and looking at Recent Comments.

Our class blog has grown exponentially this year and I’m extremely satisfied with the way Edublogs/Wordpress is set up to allow so much manipulation of user roles. It took some amount of time to get comfortable with the entire interface, but as I tell my luddite-inclined friends – you have to be willing to get messy with technology at first. There is no substitute for experience.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-6238 Sue Waters Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:05:31 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-6238 @homeworkman223, Can you give me your blog URL so I can check it for you? @homeworkman223, Can you give me your blog URL so I can check it for you?

]]> By: homeworkman223 http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-6237 homeworkman223 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:01:32 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-6237 how come my catigories arit showing up on my blog? how come my catigories arit showing up on my blog?

]]> By: Week 5 – Add Students To Your Class Blog So They Can Write Posts | The Edublogger http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-6175 Week 5 – Add Students To Your Class Blog So They Can Write Posts | The Edublogger Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:57:26 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-6175 [...] For more info refer to Managing Students on Blogs…What Role Do You Assign Students? [...] [...] For more info refer to Managing Students on Blogs…What Role Do You Assign Students? [...]

]]> By: hnl12895 http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-5918 hnl12895 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:30:42 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-5918 I just set the blog up for my 4th graders. They are all quthors. The intent is for them to 'ditch' their homework journals and post HM to the blog so I can keep up with it and display it in the Smartboard in class discussions. The parents recive the login info so they too can c what is going on. I plan to have twoguest editors,but that will probably not happen until next school year until I get really good at blogging and keeping uo with things! Thank u for te guide. Ill let everyone know how it goes. And yes the blog will b a grade. The 4 students I have without internet will continue to use their HW JOURNAL. I just set the blog up for my 4th graders. They are all quthors. The intent is for them to ‘ditch’ their homework journals and post HM to the blog so I can keep up with it and display it in the Smartboard in class discussions. The parents recive the login info so they too can c what is going on. I plan to have twoguest editors,but that will probably not happen until next school year until I get really good at blogging and keeping uo with things! Thank u for te guide. Ill let everyone know how it goes. And yes the blog will b a grade. The 4 students I have without internet will continue to use their HW JOURNAL.

]]> By: How To Moderate All Comments and Posts On Student Blogs | The Edublogger http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-5710 How To Moderate All Comments and Posts On Student Blogs | The Edublogger Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:18:41 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-5710 [...] Managing Students on Blogs…What Role Do You Assign Students? for more information on user [...] [...] Managing Students on Blogs…What Role Do You Assign Students? for more information on user [...]

]]> By: Sue Waters http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Sue Waters Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:39:42 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-5698 @Craig, that is a really hard one. I know some have written blogs posts and got edubloggers around the World to explain the benefits of blogging which have then been used to successfully allow blogging. Is it a District policy or school policy? Would it help if we gave you links of good examples to show them? @Craig, that is a really hard one. I know some have written blogs posts and got edubloggers around the World to explain the benefits of blogging which have then been used to successfully allow blogging.

Is it a District policy or school policy? Would it help if we gave you links of good examples to show them?

]]> By: Craig http://theedublogger.com/2009/10/12/managing-students-on-blogs-what-role-do-you-assign-students/comment-page-1/#comment-5697 Craig Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:52:26 +0000 http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/?p=1027#comment-5697 That is quite the decision, to what kind of level of responsibility do you give your students. I think that it probably goes hand in hand with the amount of trust you have in your students. I am in a totally different scenario. My school blocks all blogging, period. I am in Walden University's: Intergrating Technology in the Classroom program and am wondering is there a way that I can convince my district to end this policy. I know my students are very skilled at blogging at home and can see the learning opportunities of blogging. But am stuck with a district that is against this opportunity. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Craig Dellemann Reedsville, WI That is quite the decision, to what kind of level of responsibility do you give your students. I think that it probably goes hand in hand with the amount of trust you have in your students. I am in a totally different scenario. My school blocks all blogging, period. I am in Walden University’s: Intergrating Technology in the Classroom program and am wondering is there a way that I can convince my district to end this policy. I know my students are very skilled at blogging at home and can see the learning opportunities of blogging. But am stuck with a district that is against this opportunity. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Craig Dellemann
Reedsville, WI

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