This is my first blogging experience and as a write this I realise that I am looking forward to learning all about this and other new and exciting tools that I will be exposed to through the Web 2.0 course.
Having created yet another email account,( with yet another email address and password to remember) in module 1, I begin module 2 with concerns about when I will find time to blog. But I am sure that as with all ICT, I will find myself drawn back to write and look forward to a comment from friends and other fellow bloggers.
Already, I am thinking about how I could use this as a teaching tool and the limitations (and frustration) of not having access to computers in my classroom.
I look forward to learning and exploring much more over the next 8 modules.
Hi Nellie, welcome to the course. I agree, the web can be quite alluring. What do you think of giving each child their own blog to maintain? It could be used as a journal for them to regularly reflect on their learning across a range of KLAs. There are some good tools available (Edublogs, Kidsblog) that give the teacher a level of control over what the students can do.
ReplyDeleteHi Nel,
ReplyDeleteAs you can guess, I have spent some time figuring all of this out. I am still a sceptic but will give it a go. Scott has an interesting point aout giving the children a blog of their own and perhaps narrowing it down so that it has to focus on a particular topic eg Japan in year 6. Hhmmm. Food for thought.
Catch you later
Rima
hi Nellie,
ReplyDeleteIve used blogging in Year one and they love to write about what they've learned. Its a means to incorporate metacogntion.
hope everyone is well
luv jenny