Comments on: Blogging Thoughts…Again http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/ The Read/Write Web in the Classroom Sat, 17 May 2008 04:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/#comment-713 Tom Hoffman Sat, 08 May 2004 13:22:17 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=990#comment-713 <a></a>As to my remark about kids blogging about their learning not being useful--I mean, kids writing stuff in their personal blog isn't useful in the mechanisms of running a school, insofar as the adults in their lives probably don't even know that it exists. As to my remark about kids blogging about their learning not being useful–I mean, kids writing stuff in their personal blog isn’t useful in the mechanisms of running a school, insofar as the adults in their lives probably don’t even know that it exists.

]]> By: Styles http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/#comment-712 Styles Fri, 07 May 2004 19:05:43 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=990#comment-712 <a></a>A helpful, graded list apt to what I've discovered about blogging. The variety of blogging styles, though (including some given exclusively to visual work), suggests yours might be a necessarily provisional list -- one open, as the mathematicians happily say, to emergent expansion. My sincere thanks for your work. Keep it up! A helpful, graded list apt to what I’ve discovered about blogging. The variety of blogging styles, though (including some given exclusively to visual work), suggests yours might be a necessarily provisional list — one open, as the mathematicians happily say, to emergent expansion. My sincere thanks for your work. Keep it up!

]]> By: Meg Ormiston http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/#comment-711 Meg Ormiston Fri, 07 May 2004 15:11:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=990#comment-711 <a></a>Interesting summary of blogging, this really has helped me focus and reflect on the potential in the classroom. I am exploring the possibilities of rss and blogs and I see such potential. I like the way you address Metacognition and reflection, absolutely so critical to getting students to dive deeper into the content and really have an understanding of a topic. I am involved with a grant project focused on reading in the content areas with the support of digital tools. With our work with handhelds our professional development has been focused on various strategies, one being meaningful text dialogue. I would like to marry blogging and this meaningful text dialogue with the handheld tool. My hunch is that we will get richer discussion and go deeper into content. Interesting summary of blogging, this really has helped me focus and reflect on the potential in the classroom. I am exploring the possibilities of rss and blogs and I see such potential. I like the way you address Metacognition and reflection, absolutely so critical to getting students to dive deeper into the content and really have an understanding of a topic. I am involved with a grant project focused on reading in the content areas with the support of digital tools. With our work with handhelds our professional development has been focused on various strategies, one being meaningful text dialogue. I would like to marry blogging and this meaningful text dialogue with the handheld tool. My hunch is that we will get richer discussion and go deeper into content.

]]> By: Dennis G. Jerz http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/#comment-710 Dennis G. Jerz Thu, 06 May 2004 21:02:03 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=990#comment-710 <a></a>A very useful off-the-cuff taxonomy. I'd disagree that "This is what I did today" is necessarily not blogging. How many of us have reached for a kitchen knife when we know we've got a little plastic box with screwdrivers of different sizes in a box somewhere in the basement? In a pinch, I'll use a rock if the rock is handy and the hammer isn't. Thus, a blog can still contain some traditional journaling (and some postings of assignments and traditional "lists of links") and some and still be valuable as a blog. The problem is if the educator doesn't do (or hardly does) any of the advanced things that blogs really are good at doing. A very useful off-the-cuff taxonomy.

I’d disagree that “This is what I did today” is necessarily not blogging. How many of us have reached for a kitchen knife when we know we’ve got a little plastic box with screwdrivers of different sizes in a box somewhere in the basement? In a pinch, I’ll use a rock if the rock is handy and the hammer isn’t. Thus, a blog can still contain some traditional journaling (and some postings of assignments and traditional “lists of links”) and some and still be valuable as a blog. The problem is if the educator doesn’t do (or hardly does) any of the advanced things that blogs really are good at doing.

]]> By: Will R. http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/#comment-709 Will R. Thu, 06 May 2004 08:04:56 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=990#comment-709 <a></a>Hey Tom, why not useful? I think that's what I'm trying to get at, that blogging would help kids to understand how they learn. We (public schools) don't do reflection very well. And answering the questions in the blog IS useful, but it could be desireable too if we ask kids to read further, synthesize, link, reflect etc. Hey Tom, why not useful? I think that’s what I’m trying to get at, that blogging would help kids to understand how they learn. We (public schools) don’t do reflection very well. And answering the questions in the blog IS useful, but it could be desireable too if we ask kids to read further, synthesize, link, reflect etc.

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/#comment-708 Tom Hoffman Wed, 05 May 2004 23:42:32 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=990#comment-708 <a></a>I was thinking a few weeks ago about scoring weblog uses in two broad categories: useful, i.e., creating efficiencies in the school; and "desirable" to idealistic constructivists like ourselves. So answering the questions at the end of the chapter in a blog might be useful but not desirable. Students spontaneously waxing metacognitive in their personal blogs is desirable but probably not useful. I was thinking a few weeks ago about scoring weblog uses in two broad categories: useful, i.e., creating efficiencies in the school; and “desirable” to idealistic constructivists like ourselves. So answering the questions at the end of the chapter in a blog might be useful but not desirable. Students spontaneously waxing metacognitive in their personal blogs is desirable but probably not useful.

]]> By: Ambika Chadda http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/blogging-thoughtsagain/#comment-707 Ambika Chadda Wed, 05 May 2004 22:14:29 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=990#comment-707 <a></a>Thank you for the various types of Weblog...I now know what/how to write in the future. Thank you for the various types of Weblog…I now know what/how to write in the future.

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