Students will blog next year!
Even though its summer and I doubt any of my students are reading this blog, I’ve decided to try and develop my blogging skills. Anyone who stumbles onto this blog is encouraged to post a comment so I won’t feel like I’m talking to myself. 
I think I’m pretty web savvy, or at least I thought I was until I tried to figure out how to improve my blog. Thank you to all those blogging sites out there with helpful information, even the ones that left me feeling rather overwhelmed. The educational blog sites have been the most helpful. The one I just linked to in the last sentence actually has me on its blogroll. Very cool!
Next year I will be developing a plan to incorporate student blogging into my classroom. Why do this? One educator, Anne Davis at Georgia State University, has published a long list of reasons to blog in her post, “Rationale for Educational Blogging.” The entire list is fabulous and I encourage you to follow the link and read its entirety. My favorite was:
The opportunity for collective and collaborative learning is enormous. Students have the opportunity tor read their classmates’ blogs and those of others. This is not possible in a regular classroom setting.
After reading one teacher’s blog, I think I like the idea of having students take turns guest blogging. Last year I started a private class bulletin board and those that used it really benefited from the peer assistance they received.
What do you think?
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July 20th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
As a future biology teacher (degree pending), I’d just like to know how you use this blog in your class. We’re being pushed toward using this format, so I’d like to know more about how it works in the real world. Primarily, I’d like to know what benefits the students get from it.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Hi T,
Congratulations on becoming a biology teacher! Are you interested in blogging because you find it fun or because you’re told you should do it? I’d only start a blog if you’re really excited about it. While blogs are one way to excite your students, nothing can replace direct interaction with students in the classroom.
My plan is to incorporate student blogs into the classroom next year. Last year I’d guess that around 10% of my students regularly read my blog, but I never let them post to the blog and I think that left them disinterested. This year I hope to increase involvement by requiring students to post to the blog and read each other’s entries. I think blogs are good because teenagers love to stand out in the crowd and give their opinions and a blog gives them the opportunity to do that on a larger scale than can be found in the classroom. Millions can read a blog, but only about 30 people fit into a classroom.
As far as the benefits, I don’t think blogs will improve student test scores or make a student more interested in school work. But, if your goal as a teacher is to improve student communication and confidence, a blog just might do the trick.
Good luck!
July 29th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Hey Miss Baker,
I’m definitely jazzed to have stumbled onto your site today….I especially enjoyed the information on your trip to Alaska….Very cool.
Jump in the classroom blogging waters…I’m sure your kids will do great!
Mine have—we blogged and podcasted on current events issues for about 8 months and got over 20,000 page views from 126 countries. Talk about motivating!
Anyway…looking forward to reading more from you and your kids,
Bam Bam Bigelow—obviously my web-safe pseudonym!
August 1st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
As jazzed as you are about finding my site, I’m 10x more excited that you left me a comment. Thanks! I checked out your blog and WOW! I can tell you are an amazing teacher and that your students love you. Thanks for the motivational comment!