Educational Blogging
This is my first blog ever, but so far I really love the idea of using it in the classroom. Blogs can be really helpful for enlightening children outside of the classroom, like for doing homework assignments.
One activity that comes to mind with the use of blogs would be teaching kids how to take constructive criticism from other classmates. This could be about projects they did, speeches they had to present, or even reading assignments they blogged about (sort of like we do in class.) But, for this instance I'll use speeches. Students would have certain speakers each day in class and they would bring there device to school to blog after they spoke or just bring some pen and paper and take notes about the speeches that way. Each student could comment on a blog of the speakers summery or outline they posted on their page of the speech they presented that day. This might not only help the speaker improve their speeches but also give them positive reassurance from classmates. This would help students learn to take constructive criticism and apply it to their work. The way the teacher would know that they had learned something from this experience would be the improvement in their speeches.
Positive feedback is a great part of blogging. Students can give it easily!
ReplyDeleteI like how you're having one topic and giving your students the chance to respond. Seeing the variety of responses from students would be so neat! Because everyone has a different view point. It would also be beneficial for your students to see the all the different opinions! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteThat is a good idea. Having students give constructive criticism is a great way for students to improve their writing.
ReplyDeleteI like that you mentioned using pen and paper if a student didn't have a device to use right there in class. If you gave that as an option, students without devices wouldn't feel so left out.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great idea! Everyone can use a little constructive criticism. Having constructive criticism and learning from it can really improve your speaking abilities.
ReplyDeleteI think that the constructive criticism is such a great idea! It would definitely help the students to improve their speeches with the feedback from their peers.
ReplyDeleteUsing the blogs for constructive criticism is something I never really thought about. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI really like the constructive criticism idea. It allows for the students to learn from their mistakes and to respect their fellow classmate.
ReplyDeleteI like this idea you have a lot. I think it would definitely improve self confidence as well as give insight on what a student might need to improve on based on their peers' suggestions.
ReplyDeleteYes, because criticism some people cant take to well. That is a good way to try and keep the bullying away.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of teaching students to take constructive criticism. The only thing that you would have to be concerned about and have to watch out for would be cyber bullying and non-constructive criticism.
ReplyDeleteI like that you would let students comment on other students speeches. That is a good idea to help kids pay attention and learn.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that learning to give and take constructive feedback is so important. This is something that really does lack in our world at times. Blogging is a good way to teach the right way to do this.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good idea to have students give feedback for speeches through blogging. Many students are shy about giving speeches, myself included, but many others are also shy when providing feedback. I think that this is because they have not been taught the appropriate way to give constructive feedback, so that is a good lesson to teach them.
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