BLOGGING IN CLASS?
At the moment, there are many platforms that can allow you to
create a blog for free; but it is advisable to stay with the ones that are most
familiar, and Blogger is one of
them.
You can use this tool for many things, it includes sharing texts,
photos or videos, and besides you can customize or choose your layouts. Blogger
offers private and multi-user blogs what makes it an attractive tool for
teachers and students to use it.
The implementation of this tool within the classroom will lead
students to a better reinforcement of their reading and writing
skills. With the use of Blogger teachers
can assess their students in a way in which they will not feel overwhelmed by
the school work.
· Activities
Teachers can use…
Activities samples:
1.
Blog Creation
Students
can create their own blog using Blogger. They can write articles (or any other
type of writing) based on their experiences or about any topic in which they
are knowledgeable.
2.
Forum Discussion
Students
comment to a post on the teachers’ blog. In this way, teachers motivate students’
participation, and it also promotes the use of technology since students can do
it from their cellphones or computers.
3.
Reading Response
Teachers
can ask their students to write about a review of a book in which they have to
write their insights about the reading.
Here you will find an example of the first activity.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RlaOixJZFzi5i6jAxwIYUnDKmPB-e6wy
· Consider
that…
- This tool offers FREE USAGE.
- When implementing this tool in the classroom students need to be knowledgeable about the use of Blogger, so maybe it is necessary a workshop about the usage of this tool.
- Remember that it requires Internet access.
Language is known as a way to communicate
with others and Blogging a way to express it by means of ideas, thoughts,
reflections or experiences. Moreover, assigning students creative opportunities
to perform their knowledge will surprise teachers with amazing results.
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