Monday, November 9, 2009
Mr. New's feelings on blogs in the classroom
Blogs offer a quick way for students to type their thoughts and feelings. I might be the only one that feels this way, but sometimes I feel like the level of penmanship has dropped significantly. While students can make the extra effort to improve their writing, blogs can somewhat bypass this obstacle allowing a much more efficient mode of communication. I am NOT saying to throw handwriting out at all. In certain scenarios, blogs allow for teachers and students to accomplish more in the time it would normally take for me to wait for them to write something, decipher their handwriting, and respond in the same manner.
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Tom, when did you see my handwriting? I will admit it is pretty bad. Sometimes I do actually see student handwriting even worse than mine. Seriously, though, you make a good point, but what do we do about students who can't type quickly or stoodents who cant spelll too goodly?
ReplyDeleteToday, students who are computer savvy spend much less time on penmanship than before. It's quickly becoming a lost art.
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