Comments on: Tech Tools: Student Blogging http://www.geraldaungst.com/blog/2010/03/tech-tools-student-blogging/ Learner | Teacher | Designer | Storyteller Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:00:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Buzz Garwood http://www.geraldaungst.com/blog/2010/03/tech-tools-student-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Buzz Garwood Mon, 17 May 2010 06:46:13 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=320#comment-162 "...blogging is more about reading than it is about writing. Students can and should take time to read a great deal about what they want to learn before they write about it. The teacher can and should provide starting points for this reading, but the power of blog reading comes from students exploring on their own, following links within blog posts, reading other articles by the same authors, and looking for new connections and relationships."<br /><br />I'll also add to this idea: that getting students to read one another's blog posts- and offering constructive criticism as to their content, use of writing conventions like capitalization, usage, and mechanics further supports that blogging is more about reading than merely writing. Great post. Thanks! “…blogging is more about reading than it is about writing. Students can and should take time to read a great deal about what they want to learn before they write about it. The teacher can and should provide starting points for this reading, but the power of blog reading comes from students exploring on their own, following links within blog posts, reading other articles by the same authors, and looking for new connections and relationships.”

I’ll also add to this idea: that getting students to read one another’s blog posts– and offering constructive criticism as to their content, use of writing conventions like capitalization, usage, and mechanics further supports that blogging is more about reading than merely writing. Great post. Thanks!

]]> By: Thomas Boito http://www.geraldaungst.com/blog/2010/03/tech-tools-student-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Thomas Boito Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:48:14 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=320#comment-161 Thanks for this post. It planted a seed in my mind for a teacher I work with. I think blogging may be a useful tool for her and her students. Thanks for this post. It planted a seed in my mind for a teacher I work with. I think blogging may be a useful tool for her and her students.

]]> By: mwedwards http://www.geraldaungst.com/blog/2010/03/tech-tools-student-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-160 mwedwards Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:09 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=320#comment-160 I had wonderful results using blogs with the gifted education students I taught last year. You have done a great job describing why blogging should be used with students, all students not just gifted ones. Thanks for sharing!! I will be bookmarking this blog to use when I talk to teachers about blogging! Thanks! I had wonderful results using blogs with the gifted education students I taught last year. You have done a great job describing why blogging should be used with students, all students not just gifted ones. Thanks for sharing!! I will be bookmarking this blog to use when I talk to teachers about blogging! Thanks!

]]> By: ktenkely http://www.geraldaungst.com/blog/2010/03/tech-tools-student-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-159 ktenkely Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:48:23 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=320#comment-159 I think you summed it all up perfectly, it all comes back to providing our students with authentic learning experiences. Technology allows our students that possibility, connecting with other students with similar interests from around the world and also with experts on any and every topic. My GT kids really enjoy blogging and do it more often than most of their classmates. I think it gives them an outlet and a place to be understood. I think you summed it all up perfectly, it all comes back to providing our students with authentic learning experiences. Technology allows our students that possibility, connecting with other students with similar interests from around the world and also with experts on any and every topic. My GT kids really enjoy blogging and do it more often than most of their classmates. I think it gives them an outlet and a place to be understood.

]]> By: Christine http://www.geraldaungst.com/blog/2010/03/tech-tools-student-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Christine Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:46:30 +0000 http://www.quisitivity.org/?p=320#comment-158 Great ideas for all, not just gifted students. Many times teachers need enrichment activities for students as well. Thanks for sharing, and I'll share this information with my network of teachers as well! Great ideas for all, not just gifted students. Many times teachers need enrichment activities for students as well. Thanks for sharing, and I’ll share this information with my network of teachers as well!

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