After the completion of my new literacy project, I definitely learned a lot! I absolutely love exploring new technologies, so this project was a lot of fun for me. The main idea that I got out of this project is how to connect an aspect of literacy (in my case, social literacy) with a new technology (blogging). So many aspects of material taught in a classroom can be expressed through the use of technology, and this project only strengthened this idea.
In exploring social literacy, I was able to see that students' knowledge and ideas can be shared effectively with one another through blogging. Blogging is such a great tool to utilize in the classroom because it gives your students the freedom to share their ideas. Not only do students express their ideas to the rest of their classmates, but the classmates can comment on the ideas, potentially creating a great conversation and a strong classroom environment. Blogging opens the doors for so many opportunities in the classroom because it offers numerous ways of utilizing the technological tool.
In considering the knowledge that I gained from completing this project, it can surely be put to good use in my future teaching. I definitely plan on utilizing several aspects of technology in my classroom, including blogging. This project showed me how easy it is to incorporate material being taught in the classroom with technology. Using technology whenever I can will definitely be more effective in teaching my future students!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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Your project does a nice job of exploring the potential of blogging. I think one of your most potent points was your concern about using blogs with lower elementary students. Do you still have the reservations you discussed in your project about having individual blogs for students? Do you think the potential payoff would be worth the pain?
I agree that the set up and maintenance might be a bit staggering at first. But if you control the in-school access and make sure parents supervise out of school access, you can make it a safe environment for exchange.
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