ClassroomBlogging

Nowadays teachers are blessed with a huge array of tools and social media platforms to explore. However blogs and wikis have persisted in their usefulness. Although they have sometimes been reinvented or given a makeover, they still retain certain core functions.

How amazing is that! My students talking to the earthquake victims, before they had even seen the news on TV! Surely this shows the absolute power of the web and the direction that education may take. It can now be  immediate. Students feel  personal  empathy as world experiences take on a whole new perspective when speaking directly with the victims. Is this a glimpse of web3.0?

the blogging guidelines our elementary students developed last school year during their first experiences blogging. Interestingly, the guidelines our grade 4 students created last year were just as applicable to middle (and high) school as they were for elementary. We ended up using almost all of the guidelines from last year, with just a few minor re-phrasing issues and consolidation.

One of the first issues which immediately arose, after I realized the video was receiving thousands of views and hundreds of comments on Tuesday, was to decide on a personal criteria for comment moderation. Initially, I decided to remove comments which contained profanity or which were disparaging / demeaning to my daughter, Sarah. While I was tempted to just approve comments which were positive and supportive of Sarah, it is true that she made some factual errors in her video which commenters were quick to highlight.

Thankfully Anne Collier at NetFamilyNews.org puts the issue into some sort of rational perspective in Sex offenders in social sites: Consider the facts:

A how to write a pros and cons essay article by an English teacher.

This article instructs how to write a position essay providing cool tips and an outline.

The article instructs how to write a good response essay. Written by an English teacher.