Blogging, like much of what I learned while attending Full Sail, is a new concept for me. I suppose in some ways I have used online media tools to chronicle everyday events in my life (such as Facebook or Twitter) but not at the depth at which one could call it “blogging” as I understand it. Therefore I certainly had not considered using it with my students in the classroom. However, after researching the phenomena that is blogging not only do I see the value it has on a personal level but also on a educational level. “Weblogs can be used to promote literacy in the classroom through storytelling and dialogue” (Clyde, 2005). I can now imagine my students getting online and blogging about their thoughts on a new piece of music that we listened to that week, or about the life of a composer we discussed. The possibilities are endless! In the article educational blogging, Clyde points out that there are many webblog platforms already created for educational use. Teachers simply need to be cognizant of their validity.
Educator Lisa Zawilinski contends that not only does blogging promote literacy, it also promotes higher order thinking skills (2009). Zawilinski provides several graphic organizers to guide student thinking and make for more engaging blogging experiences. I can’t reiterate enough how excited I am about exposing this to my students in the upcoming school year. Blogging can be yet another tool that will promote technological proficiency among my students but also support what the other teachers are doing in their classrooms.
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Clyde, L. (2005). educational blogging. Teacher Librarian, 32(3), 43-45. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.
Zawilinski, L. (2009). HOT Blogging: A Framework for Blogging to Promote Higher Order Thinking. Reading Teacher, 62(8), 650-661. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.
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