I have had some friends who have done blogs and I have read apparently a lot of blogs. While I don't think that there is anything interesting in my journals that people would want to read, I still don't think I would blog.
I think that a lot of people need a place to vent their thoughts and ideas. The danger comes when we take their opinion for truth. Even worse they copy that person's original thoughts as their own. When you put your thoughts and ideas out there you open your self up for criticism and scrutiny that the school tries to prevent.
Using blogs in the classroom would require clear communication with parents about what is going on. Also, the students would need to be taught how to blog in a school appropriate way. Thirdly, students would need to learn how to give and take criticism in a helpful and healthy way.
I am thinking about trying a class blog and having my students posting to it weekly about something they got out of class for the week. Not sure yet. I want to hear what they (my students) think and yet I am wary of heading down this road.
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I agree that this is scary, especially as it pertains to older students. There is alot of potential harm that that could come of allowing kids to comment on each other's thoughts; it would take constant monitoring. I had a hard enough time figuring out how to do this myself, let alone how I could "delete" someone's inappropriate comment if I needed to.
ReplyDeleteI agree too, it is scary. But what a great chance we have to help students learn the safe way to use these tools.
ReplyDeleteI am totally lost. I will have no use for this. I am going to try to find other blogs to add to my blog. I feel like I am talking nonsense.
ReplyDeleteHow do I contribute AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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