Blogs in the Classroom?? Let Students and Teachers Tell You Why!

If you have been thinking about blogging - here is some motivation.   It is
is all about high school classroom blogs - I

Turn up your speakers and take a look at this short video clip.
Weblogging - Will Richardson & others.
BlogginginaHighSchool
While watching, keep in mind that we can do this now - even here in
low-tech Gananda.  We don't need any special software.  An internet
connection is all it takes.  Blogging is as easy to learn as MS Word. There are several web hosts that are designed
specifically for schools.  The teacher has full control of student posts
and comments.

Many of the examples  in the video are powerful writing assignments in
English classes - but teachers in all disciplines will have lots of
ideas for adapting the technology to their own classes.

I love how excited the kids are to communicate with authors and have a
real audience for their writing.   I even love the kid who laments that
blogs take away his excuse for not knowing the assignment on days when
he is absent.


Jacquie

"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
way."

From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS