Classroom Blogs: Ideas
If you haven't caught on yet, Will Richardson's book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Corwin Press, 2006) is the best (and only?) in-print guide to using the read-write web in the classroom. I've been carrying it around in preparation for this presentation, and enjoyed reading it just about everywhere. If you're considering using blogs in the classroom, get Will's book, start reading his blog, Weblogg-ed, and you're on your way!
The following is a quick summary of chapter two, "Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice", where Will Richardson establishes six functions of educational blogs.
The following is a quick summary of chapter two, "Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice", where Will Richardson establishes six functions of educational blogs.
- Class Portal
The "class portal" serves as a main communication tool with students, and, by extension, parents. Post the curriculum, assignments and all class-related handouts and rules. This is also a way towards classroom transparency and an excellent communication tool with other teachers and school administration. Everyone knows what you and your students are up to! - Online Filing Cabinet
Add student weblogs to your Class Portal and you've got a complete record of class activities - and you're paperless! Students post and therefore archive their work. This opens the door for peer-to-peer interaction online. - E-Portfolio
Students select the best work and write a post reflecting on each work they choose to share. This can span classrooms, and even years of study. Almost any file type (images, text documents, slides, movies, audio files) can be uploaded to a blog. - Collaborative Space
Students can work together to become experts on a topic, and then share their knowledge with others. They can also learn from other students, teachers, professionals, or experts, without being restricted by physical location. Blogs can build an educational community beyond the classroom. For example, Will Richardson's class became the expert on The Secret Life of Bees and collaborated with Sue Monk to create reader guide to the book. - Knowledge Management and Articulation
Teachers can use blogs to communicate with colleagues. This is a great tool to use internally in an organization - for committees or continued dialogues. - School Website
This solves the problem of the never-updated web site. Blogs can be updated in a flash, and then used to communicate school announcements, reflections on school events, parent-driven newsletters, etc. For example, Principal Tim Lauer provides an excellent example in Lewis Elementary web site.
posted by Sara Seely at 7:56 AM
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I’m a Seattle career coach and I want to comment on another great use blogging can provide students. Career portfolios are a collection of items that let you track your growing list of new job skills, school/work samples, accomplishments, letters of recommendation, certifications and resume.
During an interview you can highlight your skills by showing a project sample from your career portfolio. Compared to a one page resume, the career portfolio will also provide an interviewer with more detailed information about training programs or licenses you have.
Creating a career blog as your career portfolio is both practical and easy to maintain. Potential employers can find you on the web or read more about your career aspirations online once they have your resume. In addition, a career blog lets you keep in the forefront of your mind all that you’ve accomplished, which is a great confidence boost during difficult interviews!
Below is a partial list of the items that could be included in a student’s career portfolio blog. This list is from the article, “Your Job Skills Portfolio” by Dr. Randall S. Hanson.
1.Career Summary and Objective
2.Personal Mission Statement
3.Resume
4.List of Personal and Professional Skills
5.Description of Key Accomplishments
6. School / Work Samples: Reports, Projects, Slides from presentations.
7. Letters of Recommendation or Evaluations
8.Awards
9.Certifications or Licenses
10.Volunteer Service History
11.Memberships to Professional Organizations
As you can see, having all these items in one place gives you the chance to track and review your history. As a result, resume writing becomes easier and you can select key skills or projects to talk about during the interview.
When you send a thank you note after the interview you can even add the line, “Thank you again for taking the time to meet with me. If you would like to know more about my employment skills, I have an online career portfolio available at www…. ”
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This Class Portal is great, especially because is not developed only for students but also for parents and this way they could take a close look on their child activities at school.
What I don't like about school websites is that they are never updated, and I don't really understand why, because there are so many passionate students that could take care of it, if someone else is too occupied to do that.
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