German Studies
The song that I am hearing is “German Studies” by the Breeders. It’s an interesting song because it is done all in German, and they don’t know how to pronounce German words.
Blogging… so, here I am. Here are some very brief thoughts that I have about blogging.
- In my school we do a lot with “cross-curricular” projects. I’m wondering how effective a blog realm would be in facilitating those types of projects. How would it compare to wikis? I have used wikis for this purpose, but blogs might be more effective for individual projects that are done across different classes. Taking it one step further… blogs might be ideal for individual work, wikis might be ideal for individual work…
- Blogging is very public. And, if you have students who are weak in the writing area– is there something that you can do to make the blogging more accessible/attractive for them? Publishing your writing in a space where your peers can read and comment is a very scary thing. In working on wikis this year, I suspect this was a barrier for some of my students who opted to take a zero on the parts that required them to publish online. Of course, you can set up online-etiquette guidelines, but that does not change the feedback that is received in the hallways, in the lunchroom and on the playground…
- Where can I post my podcasts here? Where can I post my videos? I think that a digital publishing space should provide opportunities for expression outside the realm of mere writing. Do I need to find a different provider for this and link? This will be a point of investigation.
June 29th, 2008 at 03:22
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