Teaching through blogs

April 1, 2009 deboramarques

Being literate in the twenty-first century means much more than knowing how to read and write. It means being able to download, burn, chat, save, blog, Skype, and so on. Students should be able to use modern technologies in the classrooms because that is part of the digital world they grow up in. They should have enough skills to know how to use these latest technologies. In such a technological world, educators are responsible for better preparing students to become citizens of a global digital society. Learning through technology tools, gives students several skills. Through blogs, students can learn in a very informal way. How can blogs be used to teach English? Blogs can be great resource centers, where teachers and students post materials. Students can show their projects on blogs. Parents can keep track of their children’s learning processes and finished products through blogs. Teachers can host online discussions. Through blogs, students can also work as contributors, authors and editors. Teachers can post class information, news, events, classroom calendars, etc on the blog. Teachers can also share lesson plans and exchange ideas with other peers. Teachers can post daily homework on blogs. Students can post questions for following classes on blogs. Students can post drafts for peer, collaborative editing. Blogging is a great way for students to share their thoughts and opinions about various class topics; they can exchange ideas in a daily basis. Teachers can post lecture summaries of their classes on blogs. Teachers can have team projects posted on their blogs, and so on. Presenting lecture-like classes and using chalkboards are characteristics that belong to the past. Nowadays, teaching means being part, knowing how to use, incorporating and instructing our students technologies of our current world.

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• 1. Sheryl Schumacher  |  April 5, 2009 at 4:13 pm

  see you are also coming up with other ways to blog. If I am not careful, I am going to continue my blog after this class. i have already starting thinking of one about raising an only child. ACK! What’s happening to me, I hate blogging. LOL

• 2. Stephen Ransom  |  April 7, 2009 at 2:57 pm

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• 3. doreenbourbon  |  October 12, 2009 at 6:15 pm

  You are so right about being technology savy in the todays society. I have a six year old at home who knows more about computers than I do. I have recently returned to school to better myself in my educational journey and have found myself in unknown territory. The majority of young adults in college today have experienced technological tools inside and outside the classroom. ie, computers, cellphones, texting, facebook, etc. I haven’t quite gone on the bandwagon in the majority of these categories however, I have been trying to understand why texting and facebook for example has taken off like a rocket blasting into space. My personal opinion, I do not see a need for it however, I come from a different era than the young adults today and can sympathize with them that they know nothing else than what they have been exposed to as children. Writing technology today has taken on a complete metamorphosis from when I was a child. I am happy to report that I have become more computer literate from years past but I still have so much more to do.

  Becoming a teacher myself someday I am beginning to learn the new world of blogging. I am not a fan of it but because it is so new I am not sure how much information is available to me. For now I find my comfort zone in the areas I know I can receive concrete, reliable information. I am not sure about blogs yet but am open to the possibility.

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