This is my first experience with blogging. I am always a bit tentative with new technology but love the feeling of accomplishment after it is mastered. I now have one more thing in common with my ever technologically advancing teenagers that believe I don't know anything. I am an avid pen and paper journal writer and am looking forward to becoming comfortable with this online albeit public form of personal thought.
The article "That's online writing not boring school writing": Writing with blogs and the Talkback Project is a perfect example of why teachers need to stay abreast of the new tools our students are familiar with. When the talkback project had to resort to pen and paper communication for a bit, a student responded with a comparison of "using leeches instead of nuclear medicine". This statement says a lot about how important it is to use the technology available in classrooms.
You did it! You made a blog post! Now, you've moved beyond using leeches.
ReplyDeleteAlthough... modern medicine has returned to using leeches in some cases. I think it would be appropriate for a teacher to say: "it's fine to blog to express some thoughts, but there are many situations that demand another voice."
ReplyDeleteHi Lynne,
ReplyDeleteI was going to say that I am pretty sure that they still use leeches in some instances and you have to know how to use them in order to know when then best situation is right in front of you.