Blogging

My blog address : [|http://mrkochs.blogspot.com]

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-discussion-take-your-class-to-internet - This article is about the different ways teachers can use blogs for their students. When creating a blog, teachers should think about the main purpose of the blog, how to grade work done by students on the blog, and guidelines for student use of the blog (no identifying details, appropriate content and comments).

http://www.edutopia.org/blogging-purpose - The writer comments that the greatest benefit of a blog is not for the audience but for the writer. Two main benefits for the writer is writing is a reflective process and when posting a comment, the writer must construct their words in the clearest way possible.

http://www.edutopia.org/student-blogging-classroom-tips - This article interviews a teacher who created a blog for her 8th grade English class and the benefits of this blog for her class. She mentions since anyone can see a student's work on the blog, many on the students took great pride in their work and made sure it was their best before they posted it. It motivated students to do better than what they normally did.

http://www.edutopia.org/place-based-education-blogs-multimedia - This article describes how blogs can be used as a modern day example of pen pals. A school in San Fransico and a school in Maine became pen pals by using blogs and students learned about each others culture and the area they live in.

http://www.edutopia.org/blogging-history - This article describes how a history teacher set up a blog for a discussion on a book they were reading in class. The teacher posted discussion questions and students needed to respond weekly. In addition, the teacher was able to get the author of the book to join the blog. Students enjoyed having direct access to the author and thought this greatly enhanced the unit.