The educational setting I am placed with at this moment does not allow the setting up of Blogs with students, nor would there be time set aside for such.
Though if I was to set up Blogs with my students the design would follow a series of Learning Experience Plans that dealt not only with Blogging, but also the process and procedures for Blogging, for example:
- Subject matter and criteria of the Blog
- Development of the Blog with scaffolding
- Safety issues when dealing with a public domain
- understanding of copyright laws and rules
- Netiquette
- And the outcomes of the process
Initially I thought it would be good as a collaborative exercise - which it would - but then thought that individual attempts might show which students are doing well and which students might need more support. I think this might be a good tool to see: Learning Management Question (
LMQ) 1 - What my learner already knows? (Smith & Lynch, 2006, p. 63) and
LMQ 2 - Where does my Learner need/want to be?(Smith & Lynch, 2006, p. 63). These two questions form part of the profiling phase of students, therefore individual blogs would be a great start in determining what it is my student require from me educationally.
Dominique
References:
Smith, R., & Lynch, D. (2006). The rise of the learning manager: changing teacher education. Frenches Forest,
NSW, Australia: Pearson Education.
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