For me, classroom blogging began as a way to get my students to make their thinking transparent for a wider audience, allowing others to read, respond and challenge contentions or pre-existing notions. Specifically, our blog became a place of reflection and debate about the themes behind the current events that form the foundation of our study of Europe and South America.
Notice the emphasis on understanding the foundations of argument and the use of effective sentence structure and grammar. Because those skills are expected outcomes for my sixth grade writers, I push students to proofread everything they write for our blog carefully---and I rant about errors in structure or spelling that make understanding inefficient for readers.
more than just a place for students to post stand-alone thoughts.
Today's kids are naturally networked to begin with!
That "larger group" may contain peers that live two doors down or two continents away--
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challenge their thinking
collection
leaving comments
community
commenting is a powerful form of reflection---or that the thinking of authors can be directly challenged by readers!
Blog entries become much more than "just another writing assignment." Instead, they become a part of an ongoing conversation between peers----

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