Hello everyone!
Ever since I started the reading for this week I have been thinking about using blogs in my class all the time. I even brought up the idea of a reflection journal during an IEP meeting today and thought that this would be a perfect topic to use for this blog posting. My idea is to have students create a reflection blog that they could make entries on two or three times a week. Topics for their postings could include a brief reflection on what we are learning about at the time, interesting comments or questions that they thought of about the topic, or even a place for them to share stories about related topics. Even more important than the actual blog posting itself might be the responses that the postings could get from their classmates. Responses could answer the questions posed in the original posting, they could also give advise or talk about the topic in a student voice.
I have previously used a bi-weekly current events blog assignment in my AP Environmental Science classes. Students were required to locate, read, and blog about a current event in the environmental sciences every other week. If students weren't writing a new post that week, they would have to leave comments on the posts from two of their classmates. I really liked how this assignment highlighted how the topics in class were actual news events and not just a chapter in a textbook. At the time, we used Blogger and Google+, but I'm sure that there are many other options for a classroom teacher.
Thanks for reading my post- Have a great rest of the day!
Jason
I really like the idea of using a current events blog. I find that my students don't really pay attention to the news as much as I would like, especially science news. I the past, I have used a current events bulletin board for students to post on, but I like the idea of a blog much better. Students can link directly to the articles and update the post as the story or research progresses.
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