Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Classroom Blogging
I have an idea for a way to incorporate blogging into my technology lessons that could be a great way to promote research skills for my students. This activity could be implemented in a lesson for my third and fourth grade students. The way I would generate blogging would be through a fact scavenger hunt. I would post a fact on my blog and have students either support or refute the fact through research. The students would be required to find supporting details and provide the link where the information was located. It could enhance a history lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. or an American President by integrating technology. The blog could be a useful tool for students to interact about facts and reliable web sites for factual information. Please feel free to post comments regarding any challenges you anticipate for this lesson.
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Would you post all true statements or would they students be required to prove your statements true or false through research? Would you provide links where they could find more information or let them do the research completely on their own? How might you modify this lesson to accomodate your lower level learners and gifted students. I'm asking these questions because I love this idea. I would like to know how the lesson works out for you.
ReplyDeleteOne idea is to provide a template for them to place the information on. I use powerpoint. They are able to copy and paste information as they find it. http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/books/ is a good website for author research and other ideas. They also have a blog site for students to interact together with other students their age.
ReplyDeleteHi Christine,
ReplyDeleteI like the older students (4th) to prove things either true or false. I do provide some links because my experience has been that the students struggle with reliable web sites. My lower level learners and third graders would only have true statements in their lesson and I would have specific links embedded in a Microsoft Word template. For my lower level third graders I would also supply additional support by having "sentence starters." I would have my gifted students create a power point presentation using the information from their research. My gifted students also like to help my lower level students.
Hi Clewis! I love the Power Point template idea! I am now using a Power Point template for the first time instead of the students starting from scratch. The studens seem to be more engaged and more relaxed. Thanks for the idea! I also had no idea that Scholastic had blogging for the students. It is a great idea however I don't think that getting approval from my district to do this (student blogging) will be easy.
ReplyDeleteHi Clewis! I love the Power Point template idea! I am now using a Power Point template for the first time instead of the students starting from scratch. The studens seem to be more engaged and more relaxed. Thanks for the idea! I also had no idea that Scholastic had blogging for the students. It is a great idea however I don't think that getting approval from my district to do this (student blogging) will be easy.
ReplyDeleteSusan,
ReplyDeleteYour idea to generate research is a good one. But I would agree that a list of possible sites would benefit the students search. That would also help to get district approval if you have some mechanism in place to make sure the students don't gain access to inappropriate materials.
Reading all these great ideas makes me envious of the teachers that teach upper grade. ANy ideas on things I could do to do something like this with my kindergarteners?
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