Monday, November 9, 2009
Enhancing the Classroom with Blogs
Using blogs in the classroom provides students with more opportunity to provide their opinions and thoughts with less stress. Some students, and adults alike, have trouble verbalizing their opinions on the spot during class discussions. They may shut off during discussion because they don't want to be embarrassed. Blogs allow them to have time to ponder and compose their responses to class discussion questions and comment to one another.
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I agree with you that this is a huge benefit. So many of our students (and I was one of those students...and still am) need time to think through what they want to say. Also, so many students do not feel comfortable speaking in the class, but the online forum will probably be more familiar to them, and they may be more comfortable in this setting. This way we are reaching more students!
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