I am starting my 2nd week of blogging. As I am learning more about it, I love the idea of having my students blog (particularly for the health portion of class). A lot of my eighth grade students are active users of online programs such as MySpace and FaceBook. Therefore, this seems interactive and ideal. Also, as pointed out by Richardson, a format like this allows the less outgoing students to participate comfortably. It would also be neat to see students responding to others who they do not normally socialize with.
The challenge that keeps entering my mind is; how do I keep the "social activity" out of the educational blogging without suddenly bringing down the students interest level? I would love to hear any suggestions that you may have!
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I think as long as the students are told the expectations of how the blog should be used in the classroom, they should remain on task. However, it never hurts to remind the students that you will be checking into the blogs regularly to monitor their responses.
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