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Comment on 7A Reading and managing the feeds by betsyd

betsyd — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:30:13 +0000

The NYTimes RSS was a very interesting read for me as well. I think that as soon as it is realized that each culture puts a different slant on what “Democracy” means for them,our Foreign Policy will stand a better chance. I also watched a bit of the edtechtalk webcast. I am also looking for similar sites for music. I too,am having to control my time and not get too bogged down because I have discovered such an open field of new ways to learn and share.

Comment on Thing 4 Blogs by msreadingteacher

msreadingteacher — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:47:04 +0000

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.

Comment on Thing 4 Blogs by sblovett

sblovett — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:42:10 +0000

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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