Comments on: What You Wanted To KNOW About Student Blogging

By: More on Student Blogging « A True North

More on Student Blogging « A True North — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:41:08 +0000

[...] do we begin? Here is the answer from the Edublogger post- What you wanted to know about student blogging. Incidentally, each year, Edublogger sets up a Student Blogging Challenge to promote proper [...]

By: Seston

Seston — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:16:42 +0000

You got to push it-this esnseiatl info that is!

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:31:39 +0000

Excellent discussion – especially the piece about public versus private blogs and identifying the purpose of the blog.

One teacher over on EdVoices used blogging / “virtual journaling” through Blackboard (so entries are private), and had a positive experience. Check it out here:
http://www.edvoices.com/blog/2010/11/22/virtual-journals-a-new-twist-on-the-classroom-question-box/

Thanks!

By: How to get the most out of online tools | Edublogs - teacher and student blogs

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:12:01 +0000

[...] What you wanted to KNOW about student blogging is a great overview of what it takes to get going with student blogging – including thoughts about rubrics, homework, and how to increase readership. [...]

By: Some useful readings « BAQTS Blog

Some useful readings « BAQTS Blog — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:00:56 +0000

[...] Glasgow. The Guardian, 9/1/06 Blogging and special needs. The Guardian, 19/5/09 Class blogs. What you wanted to know about student blogging. [...]

By: Rob Videoman

Rob Videoman — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:01:15 +0000

Very informative blog, see you later. Rob.

By: School Blogs « ICT Ideas

School Blogs « ICT Ideas — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:53:05 +0000

[...] http://theedublogger.com/2010/07/06/what-you-wanted-to-know-about-student-blogging/ [...]

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:58:44 +0000

@misskittie I agree with Will that teachers should become involved with blogs personally prior to introducing them into their instructional program. Ideally personal blogging, reading other people’s blogs and commenting prior to student blog.

I hold similar viewpoints with any online tool we use with our students, You first have to experience how it changes your own learning to appreciate how to structure it to empower student learning.

You are more likely to succeed if you take this approach. However, I know of some really successful programs where teachers haven’t been personal bloggers and have gained the experience by starting slowly using a class blog and gradually gain the skills. Especially those that connect with other class blogs.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:45:46 +0000

@Ray Tollley, we are now seeing the more coordinate approach on Edublogs Campus sites where students will have the one blog that they use for all subjects and it is used by them as they progress through the years. This is because Campus users tend to take a more institutional approach as to those using Edublogs.org blogs who use a more blog per class approach.

Using this approach they can use Categories and tags on posts to sort them via Subject and year level.

By: Maximise

Maximise — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:06:40 +0000

Sue, thank you for your article, ‘What You Wanted To KNOW About Student Blogging’, and in particular the links to the work of Konrad Glogowski. I can see the point of a student making the effort to design a blog on a particular topic. (I’ve been blogging for several years on the single topic of ePortfolios.) However within Secondary education, pupils might be following up to 15 different subjects. In this situation I cannot visualise every child in a class EACH generating 15 different blogs.

If, on the other hand, each child was to maintain only one blog it would be far too easy for peers or permitted audiences to move off topic and follow several other different strands – as so often happens even in adult forums used by us professionals!

Glogowski appears to be dealing with older students following a single course of study and in this case the blog is a central tool in the collaborative learning process. In such a scenario I have no problem with using a blog.

The issue, for me, therefore becomes one of deciding whether the blog is a realistic tool for ALL subjects (which I believe it is). At one time we were concerned that children might experience ‘death by a thousand worksheets’ or more recently ‘death by a thousand PowerPoints’. So, if we are to avoid ‘death by a thousand blogs’ what do you suggest?

Best Wishes,
Ray Tolley
FEIDCT, NAACE Fellow, ACQI, MBILD
ICT Education Consultant Maximise ICT Ltd
Winner of the IMS ‘Leadership Regional Award 2009′