Will Richardson caught my attention with his post, “Looking for Student Bloggers.” He laments that there are few student blogs that contain writing with a “synthesis that incorporates a deeper understanding” that avoids being “too report-ish.” I agree readily with Richardson and he’s received quite a few interesting comments to his post that [...]
I haven’t quite figured out how to use voicethread in a productive manner with my students, but I did want to learn how to use it. So I created this thread for practice. Hopefully, it will be of use to someone. Please let me know what you thought of it!
Comment-free Day. Last semester I moderated over 2,300 comments. Yes, I’m exhausted. While I enjoyed reading my students’ comments, there were many days when I needed to grade their non-blog related assignments, but I was busy with the blog. This semester, Wednesdays will be no commenting day. Students may not [...]
The questionnaire I gave my students on the last day of fall classes included a place to write suggestions for the spring blog. Here are their responses (similar responses have been combined):
assign topics
I think it stifles student creativity to tell the students what they must write about, but for students who feel insecure I’ll [...]
