Teaching blogging to children and teens in Grades 1-12. Tips for authoring and commenting upon blog posts.
Teach blog formatting techniques to students as part of a blogging unit. This knowledge will guide them when organizing the content of their post. It will also focus students’ thinking towards their audience and the purpose of their writing. Blog formatting techniques can be used to hook the reader’s interest and draw their attention. You …
Blogging is a unique form of writing that presents students with new challenges. Taking advantage of students’ keen interest in technology and combining it with language arts curriculum objectives allows teachers to use one project to create productive as well as highly motivating lessons. Students as Consumers of Information Traditional classroom writing assignments have students …
This article is a continuation of my previous post. In that post, I offered insight into what students think about blogging. To gain feedback, I had provided seventy five Grade 7 and 8 students with a survey after the blogging unit. In the previous post, I outlined some of their responses. Here are their remaining responses …
A few months ago I taught a blogging unit to several Grade 7 and 8 classes. After the unit was complete I designed a survey to gain student feedback. Some of the questions had a list of choices, while others were open ended. The results were interesting – so I thought I would share them …
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Are you ready to have your students blog? Here are a few tips to help get you started! 1. Introduce Skills Gradually Blogging requires students to become familiar with technology they may not have used in the past. Don’t expect them to be experts right away! Gradually introduce students to the environment and tools so …
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Foster a learning community! Engage your students by writing your own blog. Are you worried your students will not read your blog and it will be a waste of time? Make it a destination students want to visit. Give your students 5 reasons they need to visit your blog often: 1. Participate in Online Surveys …
Since blogging is done online, there are some unique benefits for teachers that are not produced by other traditional writing assignments. Student blogs allow teachers to: Access student work anytime from anywhere. Since blogs are online, a teacher can access the content from virtually any computer device. This makes reviewing writing assignments convenient. Stop …
The benefits to blogging go beyond writing the posts. There are numerous learning opportunities created by reading and commenting upon blog posts. This activity allows students to: Improve reading skills. To comment upon a blog, it must first be read. Blogs expose students to a wide variety of writing styles, purposes, and points of view. …
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Blogging is a unique literacy activity that has many benefits. The process of writing posts allows student bloggers to: Become reflective learners. When students use a blog to share their ideas or reflect upon their work, it allows them to develop a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, values and beliefs, and identifies areas …
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