Until I read the work of Richardson, I was unaware of the many benefits and uses that blogging brings to the learning process and the classroom. From shared public read/write to RSS feeds, blogging offers a new and effective portal for learning and sharing information. In the past, I did not trust the reliability of blogging due to the ease of public access. I did not know that there were administrative restrictions that can reduce the possibility of vandalism and increase the reliability of information. Since I was not aware of the available tools that make blogging more secure and trustworthy, I initially shied away from blogging as a classroom tool. In the future, I plan to use classroom blogs and student blogs for e-journaling, research, and classroom information sharing.
Other sites about blogging:
Blogging for Beginners
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/
Educational Blogs
http://educational.blogs.com/
scroll down to Blog Writing Tools
http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/
Weblog Directory (Google)
http://www.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Instructional_Technology/Weblogs/
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Hi Derek-
I have also been in the dark about the benefits of blogging. I can see how this could be a very useful tool in just about any educational discipline. I also hope to have the chance to use this tool with my students. Perhaps next school year this might be a reality for me and other teachers in my school as we are expecting some refreshing changes in school policies. Perhaps I will be able to help make this happen. I also feel the same about the use of wikis, which I am just starting to get use to using.
Chat with you later
Deb
I have always approached blogging with caution, because of security concerns. In middle school, in particular it has been because of the fear of students anonymously posting inappropriate comments to the board. For years I have wanted to use the group function on blackboard, but the time to monitor it was a huge road block. I never knew you could do an RSS feed and basically see what everyone was saying in one place. That makes me a lot more comfortable with using the idea of a blog in my classroom.
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Hi-
After reading your comments and everyone else who posted here, I just wanted to let you know about my school blog project. My physics students have been blogging on a particular science issue each week.You can access all their blogs from my site at www.msederil.blogspot.com. Enjoy!
Derek,
Richardson's book is very inspiring for me to read. Currently I am listening to a Ustream.tv broadcast about emerging technologies and it's live. I have recently learned about many of the "tools" or sites they are speaking of. Blogging is a great way to stay up with many new developments. I learned of this broadcast through Twitter.com as I was working on Walden stuff. If you haven't discovered Twitter yet, you should check it out!
Good luck as we head through another week.
Rose Ann
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