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  • Mar 15, 09

    anne.teachesme.com/...30 blogs blogging education weblogs

    • Blogs are getting a bad name in educational circles because those who disparage them think sites like Myspaces are representative of the technology and aren’t taking the time to understand their potential. We need to make the case more clearly that

       

      a) much of what is happening in these online writing spaces is clearly not best practice, but that

       

      b) best practices and real learning can occur when employed by teachers and students who have embraced blogging (v) and, finally, that we can

       

      c) keep our kids safe by practicing common sense, modeling appropriate use, and making sure our students understand the rules of the road.

  • Apr 24, 09

    Dear Families:

    From now to the end of the year, Ms. Wenn’s class will be taking part in a
    pilot writing program designed to help them develop their writing and explore
    their interests by sharing their writing with a real audience. Students will be
    using personal Weblogs to post their writing to the Internet.

    A Weblog, or blog as they are commonly called, is a special type of Web page
    that can be created and easily updated using a Web browser. Each new entry has
    its own date stamp. Each entry has a comments section where visitors to the blog
    may leave comments for the author.

    How it Works


    Each week Ms. Wenn will teach a writing lesson using the 6-Trait writing
    model. After the lesson, students will write an entry for their blog. They may
    choose the topic, but they need to make use of the skills taught in the lesson
    to help the craft their writing. The emphasis is on the quality, not the
    quantity of what they write. When students are done polishing their writing,
    they have it reviewed by a teacher before it is published to the Web.

    Students will have two extra computer sessions most weeks to provide them
    with the time needed to complete their weekly blogging assignment. Students may
    also work from home. All that is required is an Internet connection and a Web
    browser. Students are able to save their work as drafts before publishing it to
    their blog. Directions for working from home will be provided.

    Having a real audience is one of the key components to this program. In
    addition to receiving comments from their classmates, Ms. Wenn’s students will
    receive comments from Ms. Wenn. Parents are also invited to visit the blogs and
    respond to the writing. Potentially, anyone on the Internet could respond to our
    blogs, however, it is not likely that the world at large will stumble across
    them.

    Security


    This blogging project is designed to minimize risk to your child. The only
    personally identifying information included in the blog will be their

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