http://stonehenge.edublogs.org/2008/06/05/thing-4-blogs/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://stonehenge.edublogs.org/2008/06/05/thing-4-blogs/#comment-3 msreadingteacher Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:47:04 +0000 http://stonehenge.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-3 Janet, I enjoyed reading your thoughts on blogging. I agree that blogs are powerful and useful, but I foresee problems with teaching middle schoolers to blog. I would like to hear from teachers who successfully use blogs with our 7th and 8th graders. Janet, I enjoyed reading your thoughts on blogging. I agree that blogs are powerful and useful, but I foresee problems with teaching middle schoolers to blog. I would like to hear from teachers who successfully use blogs with our 7th and 8th graders.

]]> http://stonehenge.edublogs.org/2008/06/05/thing-4-blogs/#comment-2 sblovett Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:42:10 +0000 http://stonehenge.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-2 I really grabbed on to what you wrote about how teaching brevity--in and of itself--probably shouldn't be the ultimate goal of teaching writing to students. I totally agree, and that's what excites me about introducing the use of blogging into classroom. And I mean, really using blogs. I've dabbled in using blogs as a place for kids to make comments about their weekends, books they've read, etc., but I haven't really considered how to teach blogging as a writing genre: how to keep writing short and to-the-point, how to organize "snippets," and how to meaningfully respond to one another's posts. I really grabbed on to what you wrote about how teaching brevity–in and of itself–probably shouldn’t be the ultimate goal of teaching writing to students. I totally agree, and that’s what excites me about introducing the use of blogging into classroom. And I mean, really using blogs. I’ve dabbled in using blogs as a place for kids to make comments about their weekends, books they’ve read, etc., but I haven’t really considered how to teach blogging as a writing genre: how to keep writing short and to-the-point, how to organize “snippets,” and how to meaningfully respond to one another’s posts.

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