Pros
- It removes the feeling of doing everything from your room. Students are encouraged to do more of their learning at home, where it is probably most comfortable for them
- Blogs may outlast the course they are teaching so students can refer back to them later on
- Students tend to think more about what they are writing when they are writing for their peers and for anybody else who sees it then for just a teacher alone.
- Students learn best from each other.
- The conversation doesn't have to end at the bell, with a blog it can just keep going.
- They required little effort to maintain on the teacher's part.
- Gets students to write more often
- May encourage students to write grammatically incorrect since most students use a more free style of writing online
- Most blogs lose steam after school hours or during the summer, so teacher wonder if they are really grabbing students attention.
Resources used:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301348.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/technology/circuits/19blog.html?ex=1250568000&en=33627811ca310596&ei=5090
I did not even think about the grammar errors that would come along with writing online. As teachers, I think it would be our job to let our students know that they should still write with proper english on a classroom blog.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I like the pro that a blog might outlast the class. It would be nice for students to have a reference point for later in their schooling.