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Mmkrill bookmarked on 2009-08-07 blogging article warlick collaboration howto

In a broader and more educational system, blogs are about communicating. You observe your experience, reflect on it, and then write about it. Other people read your reflections, respond from their perspectives by commenting or writing their own blog article. You read their perspectives, often learn something through their eyes, and write some more.

1. Blogging is about reading and writing.
2. Literacy is about reading and writing.
3. Blogging is about literacy. (dfw)

  • focus primarily on the educational process and educational interests.
    • mmkrill
      Mmkrill on 2009-08-07
      Important to have a focus!
  • s the opportunity for the student to become a "teacher" by presenting material to an audience.
  • The providing of each student with an individual blog seems to generate the most significant enthusiasm for blogging among students
  • Student blogging has to be overseen with coaching and training to make sure that both that personal data is not communicated and that blog posts are appropriate.
  • Unlike traditional forms of publication that are one-way, when the work is done at the end of the publication process, students can be engaged in ongoing conversations about their ideas and thoughts.
  • they can be taught about responsible journalism, and that the consequences of these kinds of remarks in the new world of the read/write web can be serious and long-lasting.

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