I'm so excited about our next session! To prepare, I'd like to ask you to do three quick things:
1. Read the article “Moderating and Ethics for the Classroom Instructional Blog” by Patricia Deubel. This is especially relevant for those of us considering "discussion blogs" for our students. We'll spend some time discussing the role of the teacher as moderator next week.
2. Tinker with your own blog. The more you do with your blog between now and Tuesday, the more questions you'll have for me, and the more useful I'll be. Add some content, play around with the gadgets, etc. This is especially important if you're taking the workshop for credit, because your blog will be the "final project" for the course. If you get stuck or want to bounce something off me between now and then, go ahead and shoot me an email ... no need to wait.
3. Post a short comment at the end of this post. What should you write? I'm particularly interested in any questions, concerns, or specific topics you'd like to address next week. You could also comment on the reading, share any interesting resources you've come across with the group, ask a question, etc. Feel free to post more than once, if you're feeling inspired. If you are taking the class for credit, we promised Framingham State that we'd assess you according to the following: relevance of posting, specificity of ideas, quality including mechanics, and timeliness.
Thank you again, and I will see you on Election Day!
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Two things in this article resonated for me. On the plus side, Deubel writes, “. . . blogs can support the collaborative element so important for peer to peer learning . . . the blog is a vehicle to ensure that everyone is heard and is a valued member of the learning community.” My goal is to to collaborate with another district on an upcoming unit for the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. I am hoping that blogging will facilitate a communication that distance would otherwise prevent. At the same time, I am nervous; just like the author, I “ . . . start thinking of the work involved to have a good one. . . I would have to find a way to set up and moderate the blog without exhausting myself.” However, in this case, I believe (I hope?!) the benefit of collaborating with a diverse district would outweigh the possible time concern.
- Cheryl
It is clear through reading the articles and attending last week's class that blogs can support peer collaboration, an element so important to learning!.
I love what Patricia Deubel had to say about posting guidelines for students as well as providing technical support. Since I do not consider myself "computer savvy" these ideas are appealing to me.
Lastly, I agree with Deubel that waiting to respond to a student's commentary can be powerful. I would think that peers would become more involved and start the ball rolling.
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