When you are beginning to set up blogging with your students is there some sort of format or questions (hints) to get student to post relavent posts rather than midless thinking?
I give the students guidelines, and don't approve any blogs that are mindless. I ask students to blog in Word so they have a copy of what they wrote just in case they have to change something before approval. As an elementary teacher I am paranoid about reviewing everything that gets posted.
I also have my students begin with writing on paper or by typing it up in Word. The key to successful blogging is to have a set curriculum purpose in mind. I begin by selecting a unit of instruction that would benefit from collaboration like that. Then I use the standards to write prompts that get at what I want them to understand about that lesson or unit. Beginning with the standards and writing the questions from there is really a helpful way to frame what you're asking the students to respond to and it gives them focus for their writing.
I give the students guidelines, and don't approve any blogs that are mindless. I ask students to blog in Word so they have a copy of what they wrote just in case they have to change something before approval. As an elementary teacher I am paranoid about reviewing everything that gets posted.
ReplyDeleteI also have my students begin with writing on paper or by typing it up in Word. The key to successful blogging is to have a set curriculum purpose in mind. I begin by selecting a unit of instruction that would benefit from collaboration like that. Then I use the standards to write prompts that get at what I want them to understand about that lesson or unit. Beginning with the standards and writing the questions from there is really a helpful way to frame what you're asking the students to respond to and it gives them focus for their writing.
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