A Cold Winter Day...

Ughh... this is when I wish I lived in the south... I hate these bitter cold temps! Brrrr!!! But it gives me a reason to stay inside and actually get some work done. I think I've got a whole grasp on this Blog thing now. I've even following a few good ones that have a lot of great information especially about technology. I know that I have mentioned about students being able to use blogging as a writing journal or where they could place their thoughts but as I was reading about Blogging in our text I found even more ways to use blogging. I had never thought of using blogging to introduce a new concept or new type of genre of reading. I feel that you could do this in several ways by either showing them (with blogs) or by having them write what they find in their blogs. I also liked the thought of using Weblogs for those older students who want to do an extended study or reflection on a topic. Seeing new inventive ways to do school work with technology makes me jealous. I wish some of these things would have been around when I was going through school. I am definitely a faster typer than writer, so it would have made writing for me more enjoyable as well as more interesting. (I hated getting hand cramps!) Another neat things I read from Richards talks about using blogging to communicate with students around the country even around the world. Also, you could use blogging across the curriculum. I never thought of blogging in terms of math or comparing problems with peers. I thought of more of the writing aspect. I'm really enjoying our text because it gives you tons of ideas on how to use each piece of technology. Like I said, I hadn't thought of some of the ways to use a blog, and now I'm interested to see how they use other pieces of technology.