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Some good ideas about grading blogs whether for large of small classes

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- central communications organ
- replacement for other forms of course management software
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- - If only a subset of the students write posts each week (and the remainder post comments), then things become a bit more manageable, but this sort of participation may lead to more administrative overhead than it is worth.
  - place for students to ask questions, and those questions remain public.
  - Livejournal
  - Unfortunately, there is not a single, easily used solution for creating an aggregator for a large class.
  - Every blogging class has a small contingent of students who have a great deal of difficulty understanding how to blog,
  - plan for this hurdle
  - reading and grading and responding to hundreds of blog posts every week seems impossibly time consuming and counterproductive.
  - Like all writers, students want feedback on their work, and indeed, that sort of feedback is often what motivates bloggers outside of the class context.
  - have a different kind of audience—and audience of their peers
  - t also encourages conversations, which is at the root of the blogging experience. A good aggregator—preferably one that presents all posts sequentially (sometimes called a "river of news" format)—provides students with a way of locating interesting posts to comment on.
  - As a practical matter, then, grading can take several forms. Generally, I let students know that they will be formally evaluated (i.e., graded) not on each post they make, but only several times during the semester. I often scan the entire class during the first few weeks of each semester, to make certain that everyone is getting the hang of things. I then set up groups of students I monitor on a weekly basis, cycling through several of these groups and not so much grading as making comments and responding.
  - Like other forms of low-stakes writing, the idea here is to encourage students to express themselves, to get in the habit of writing, and to find other writers in the class to model themselves after.
  - f journal writing, that are also effective. Students may choose at the end of the semester, for example, to be evaluated on several posts that they feel best represent their efforts, or an instructor may choose posts at random to evaluate.
EduBlog Insights » Blog Archive » Blogs and Pedagogy

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- Many times our classroom assignments are assignments where students reiterate or restate information they have read with an occasional opinion. Generally just the teacher will see the paper.
- Students are creating meanings that make sense to them because they are constructing them, not having pieces delivered to them that they just repeat.
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- - Having a worldwide audience who can read what students write brings forth recognition for students that can be quite profound.
  - Blogging can give students a totally new perspective on the meaning of voice. They can explore their own learning and thinking and their distinctive voices emerge.
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- new literacies
- kills, strategies, and insights necessary to successfully exploit the rapidly changing information and communication technologies that continuously emerge in our world
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- - a space where students and teachers can learn from each other.
  - Blogging provides the possibility of connecting with experts on the topic students are writing.
  - The interactive nature of blogging creates enthusiasm for writing and communication.
Weblogg-ed » Why Weblogs?

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- From Kairosnews:
- “If we hope to have students continue to write outside of our class, having students use Blogger or WebCrimson gives them complete ownership of the text. It’s not a classroom space. And when the class is over, students could still feel free to post to their blog.”
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- - From Jay Cross:
    
    “What is the role of weblogs in education? It’s roles, plural.
    
    # Weblogs are a personal writing space. Easy, sharable, automatically archived.
    
    # Weblogs are easily linked and cross-linked to form learning communities. The school logs projects are examples. The school logs also enable a teacher to evaluate a student’s thinking, by reading explanations and assignments.
    
    # Weblogs can become digital portfolios of students’ assignments and achievements.
    
    # Weblogs are a novice’s web authoring tool.
    
    # Accumulated weblogs become a content management system.
    
    # Via digital storytelling, weblogs play a role in professional development.
  - I see weblogs as a:
    
    # way to improve my own writing
    
    # just in time learning arena
    
    # place to share
    
    # easy way to create a web site quickly
    
    # way to connect with others and make connections to learning
    
    # perfect spot for quick writes
    
    # a writing room in which you can make it be what you want it to be
    
    # a perfect place to think outside the box
    
    # place to go to each day that provides elements of surprise and anticipation
    
    # way to give students ownership of a personal space a web site that encourages active engagement by the students and teacher
    
    # a place to collaborate
    
    # an upclose and personal way to include parents in the process
  - # Discussion Boards imply discussion—student A says something, someone is supposed to respond. Weblogs can support discussion, but they also encourage posts that are simply informational in nature (e.g. “hey, go look at this site because it will help with the assignment”).
  - # Many weblog tools have good search engines built in; the Discussion Boards do not.
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Great site that gives a breakdown of how blogs compare to other online communication tools

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- most people feel frustrated that their inbox is just another burden to deal with
- more permanent and reliable, less demanding or intrusive for readers, and able to reach a wider audience
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