Comments on: Blogging Across the Curriculum http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-across-the-curriculum-2/ The Read/Write Web in the Classroom Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:37:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: bicyclemark http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-across-the-curriculum-2/#comment-1049 bicyclemark Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:55:24 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=1309#comment-1049 <a></a>Hey Will... Im a little late commenting on this one (blog admirer originally from Union County)... I have your daughters blog in my reader and I keep up with it because its the only blog I read written by someone under the age of 15, and I think its important to read all ages.  One thing I worry about, it terms of age, is comments.  I worry that someone like your daughter might be discouraged by bad/critical feedback so early in her blogging life.  Ever give much thought to that?  Its almost as if Im proposing a sandbox to start off in, to train in, and then later to face the world with all its comments.....  its one reason I would never comment on your daughters blog, Im a stranger, I dont want to make anymore nervous than she already might be.  Hmm.. random thoughts. Hey Will… Im a little late commenting on this one (blog admirer
originally from Union County)… I have your daughters blog in my
reader and I keep up with it because its the only blog I read written
by someone under the age of 15, and I think its important to read all
ages.  One thing I worry about, it terms of age, is
comments.  I worry that someone like your daughter might be
discouraged by bad/critical feedback so early in her blogging
life.  Ever give much thought to that?  Its almost as if Im
proposing a sandbox to start off in, to train in, and then later to
face the world with all its comments…..  its one reason I would
never comment on your daughters blog, Im a stranger, I dont want to
make anymore nervous than she already might be. 

Hmm.. random thoughts.

]]> By: jtubbs http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-across-the-curriculum-2/#comment-1048 jtubbs Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:51:41 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=1309#comment-1048 <a></a>I have been having my students blog in my math class this year. The blogs have been used primarily as learning logs--at the end of each unit I have the students write an entry stating what they have learned during that unit. I try to change the format of the blogs--one entry was simply a few sentences stating strengths and weaknesses and the other entry (we've completed two so far) was a letter to their parents summarizing their learning. The kids really enjoy doing this, much more than writing in their composition books! In the near future, I'd like to have them use Flickr to post photos to their blogs. I posted a few examples on my personal blog several entries ago (you'll need to scroll down a little). The address is <a href="http://misterteacher.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">misterteacher.blogspot.com</a>. Enjoy! I have been having my students blog in my math class this year. The blogs have been used primarily as learning logs–at the end of each unit I have the students write an entry stating what they have learned during that unit. I try to change the format of the blogs–one entry was simply a few sentences stating strengths and weaknesses and the other entry (we’ve completed two so far) was a letter to their parents summarizing their learning. The kids really enjoy doing this, much more than writing in their composition books! In the near future, I’d like to have them use Flickr to post photos to their blogs.

I posted a few examples on my personal blog several entries ago (you’ll need to scroll down a little). The address is misterteacher.blogspot.com. Enjoy!

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