I've been blessed to just start co-teaching second semester, due to a mid-year retirement, with a teacher who is finishing up a Master's degree in Technology in Education. Each day, I have been impressed by how she's incorporating technology into our classroom. She has already set up a blog spot on her website, but I haven't spent much time looking to see if kids have posted anything. I know they are more motivated and their grades have gone up! I feel like I'll be able to talk with her more about using blogs, and other things, because I'll have had some training. Now I really want to see if the kids have posted anything to her site about our classes!
I also teach two resource room math classes. I think it's time I set up a website of my own that includes an opportunity for the students to blog. I think it would be helpful if they were working on problems and they have a question-another student could help them out, if I don't get there first! It could also open opportunities for extra credit, if they forget what problems they have to work on, or just talk about math! Is that wishful thinking?
One concern I have is that some of my students don't have Internet at home. I don't know how many of them will go to the library or use a friend's computer to access some of the things I will be developing through 23 things. I will have to see if there are ways they can have greater access at school to blog spots, etc. I was concerned at first about students writing inappropriate things, but after watching the video clip and looking in settings, I like the feature that lets you filter comments before they are posted to your site.
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