Probably one of the most common uses for blogging would be it?s use as a peer review tool. A tool in which students can post and their work can be responded to by other students. Blogs are a means of communication. A way of allowing yourself to observe, reflect, and write. Learning from others by reading their writings.
I really like the box statement:
1. Blogging is about reading and writing.
2. Literacy is about reading and writing.
3. Blogging is about literacy.
The use of blogging in educational can be beneficial to so many groups of individuals. Not just a student to teacher, but other?s such as administration, district wide staff, and global communications.
The use of blogging educationally in the classroom allows students the opportunity of being the teacher because they are actually presenting the material.
When we teach, we learn. (blogging reading) It also allows a connection to develop between teacher and student - adult and child. I can see blogging being of great use in many educational arenas. I would say that every subject in some way or another could incorporate blogging, allowing for development of student skills that would enhance their general overall contribution to education.
Blogging allows a student or individual to have a voice. For the quiet and withdrawn a chance to find others with like interests. Empowering a students allows them to develop natural growth and to create teamwork. It fosters improvement in technological skills without their actual knowledge and allows for more engagement of the heart and head, rather than just the head.
Three different studies (University of Florida, Caldwell Public Schools, and the Internet and American Life Project) all showed similar results from the use of educational blogging. Reports of increased student understandings of topics, both in academic and social situations, creating clearer organization of student thoughts, and the benefitting from other classmate?s constructive criticism all proved to be common links between the three studies. For the majority, students were aware of and excited by the increase of knowledge and skills generated through the use of blogging.
Using blogging allows for experimentation of new avenues for students to grow. As stated by Honeywell, "If you keep adapters from experimenting, you don't have access to new things."
The use of blogging in educational can be beneficial to so many groups of individuals. Not just a student to teacher, but other?s such as administration, district wide staff, and global communications.
The use of blogging educationally in the classroom allows students the opportunity of being the teacher because they are actually presenting the material.
When we teach, we learn. (blogging reading) It also allows a connection to develop between teacher and student - adult and child. I can see blogging being of great use in many educational arenas. I would say that every subject in some way or another could incorporate blogging, allowing for development of student skills that would enhance their general overall contribution to education.
Blogging allows a student or individual to have a voice. For the quiet and withdrawn a chance to find others with like interests. Empowering a students allows them to develop natural growth and to create teamwork. It fosters improvement in technological skills without their actual knowledge and allows for more engagement of the heart and head, rather than just the head.
Three different studies (University of Florida, Caldwell Public Schools, and the Internet and American Life Project) all showed similar results from the use of educational blogging. Reports of increased student understandings of topics, both in academic and social situations, creating clearer organization of student thoughts, and the benefitting from other classmate?s constructive criticism all proved to be common links between the three studies. For the majority, students were aware of and excited by the increase of knowledge and skills generated through the use of blogging.
Using blogging allows for experimentation of new avenues for students to grow. As stated by Honeywell, "If you keep adapters from experimenting, you don't have access to new things."
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