Comments on: Students will blog next year! http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Administrator http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-436 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:48:04 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-436 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! 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!

]]> by: Bam Bam Bigelow http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-432 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:35:24 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-432 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! 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!

]]> by: Administrator http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-422 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:33:23 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-422 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! 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!

]]> by: T http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-420 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:04:56 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2007/06/26/students-will-blog-next-year/#comment-420 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. 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.

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