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Guadalupe Estrada, Clarissa O’Connor, Erica Valdez, and I presented on “blogs” in yesterday's class. What did you think? I've been reflecting on the presentation and the discussion that followed, especially with regard to the suggestions class members had on how to improve an instructional assignment using blogging technology. First, I thought the idea of including an audio track with a reading of the poem was brilliant! I'm a visual learner and tend to fall into the trap of assuming everyone else is as well. However, there is nothing like hearing a poem read and this would use the technology in a relevant way to truly enhance the assignment. Thank you for that stellar idea. Secondly, I really like the discussion about recasting the questions to encourage an online discussion so that students can add to, agree/disagree, point out other possibilities, and so forth. With this in mind, I began to see this as a preliminary activity before students actually write their own essay in response to questions that naturally evolve from that online discussion. I'd love to hear if you have further thoughts on using a blog as a kind of pre-writing activity.
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As I recap the presentation on Blogging, a few things come to mind. Chiefly, I believed the group did a great job. The pace was fair, and the presenters stayed knowledgeable during the total course of instruction. What I liked most was how they navigated through the classroom helping everyone thusly. Honestly. I feel into a trance, just watching them move all over the classroom as they teamed up to instruct with precision; I thought to myself, what it would be like, if we practiced this approach in an inner-city public school system? Four qualified teacher’s roaming about in a classroom searching for a raise hand.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I noticed, some of the other students in class started their blogs before the presentation. I did this as well, but, I had no idea what I was doing. Although I finished the blog at home, I had a lot of problems trying to customize my page at home, by myself. When the presentation was over, I sensed my confidence on blogging had risen; I created the web-page to my taste, and was able to take the same information and help that was given to me, to help another student. Thank you, Ladies!
Thanks so much for your comments. It is so helpful to know what we did that "worked." I greatly appreciate you affirmation!
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