Comments for blogging about blogging http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com some research on the matter Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:35:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on KSTF Blogging Workshop Phase1 by kurlz http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/kstf-blogging-workshop-phase1/#comment-496 kurlz Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:35:18 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-496 I want to using blogging to give students another opportunity to practice talking science - without feeling pressured by having me there listening to them. I want to using blogging to give students another opportunity to practice talking science – without feeling pressured by having me there listening to them.

]]> Comment on KSTF Blogging Workshop Phase1 by Jessica http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/kstf-blogging-workshop-phase1/#comment-495 Jessica Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:35:17 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-495 Goals: 1) Help students in my classes feel a deeper sense of connection with the class community 2) Improve writing skills and get them writing more 3) Communicate between teacher and parents about course content, expectations, and homework 4) Develop my own skills and understanding about technological resources available to me as a teacher Goals:
1) Help students in my classes feel a deeper sense of connection with the class community
2) Improve writing skills and get them writing more
3) Communicate between teacher and parents about course content, expectations, and homework
4) Develop my own skills and understanding about technological resources available to me as a teacher

]]> Comment on KSTF Blogging Workshop Phase1 by Amol and Kelli http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/kstf-blogging-workshop-phase1/#comment-494 Amol and Kelli Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:33:16 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-494 We want to educate our students for what we don't know. We want to expose our students to a variety of cultures and perspectives. We want to push ourselves to use the newest technologies so that our students can use future tech. We want our students to be able to discern reliable and valid research. We want to foster a community of learning, in and out of the classroom. We want to educate our students for what we don’t know.
We want to expose our students to a variety of cultures and perspectives.
We want to push ourselves to use the newest technologies so that our students can use future tech.
We want our students to be able to discern reliable and valid research.
We want to foster a community of learning, in and out of the classroom.

]]> Comment on KSTF Blogging Workshop Phase1 by anneofvermont http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/kstf-blogging-workshop-phase1/#comment-493 anneofvermont Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:32:45 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-493 I would like to create a blog to 1) communicate homework 2) provide notes for absent kids 3) to create a summary of the days' or weeks' activities for parents 4) giving students a forum to discuss homework questions or review difficult concepts/questions I would like to create a blog to
1) communicate homework
2) provide notes for absent kids
3) to create a summary of the days’ or weeks’ activities for parents
4) giving students a forum to discuss homework questions or review difficult concepts/questions

]]> Comment on KSTF Blogging Workshop Phase1 by JeraLindsay http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/kstf-blogging-workshop-phase1/#comment-492 JeraLindsay Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:32:40 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-492 I want my students to be in the forefront of the technological world and through social networking. I want to use blogging in my classroom to continue discussion and interactions outside of class. I want to use blogging to give the quadratic formula a cooler image like the world of facebook photos somehow has. I want my students to be in the forefront of the technological world and through social networking. I want to use blogging in my classroom to continue discussion and interactions outside of class.

I want to use blogging to give the quadratic formula a cooler image like the world of facebook photos somehow has.

]]> Comment on KSTF Blogging Workshop Phase1 by charleysabatier http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/kstf-blogging-workshop-phase1/#comment-491 charleysabatier Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:31:41 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-491 I want to use blogs in my classroom to get students to think about physics outside of my classroom as i know they are on the computer doing a million things, why not spend a few minutes thinking about physics! I want to use blogs in my classroom to get students to think about physics outside of my classroom as i know they are on the computer doing a million things, why not spend a few minutes thinking about physics!

]]> Comment on KSTF Blogging Workshop Phase1 by Emilie http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/kstf-blogging-workshop-phase1/#comment-490 Emilie Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:31:08 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-490 will our students respond as well as we think they will? -it could help students who are absent get caught up (Carmen's idea) -Could it help me get students started on bellwork faster? will our students respond as well as we think they will?
-it could help students who are absent get caught up (Carmen’s idea)
-Could it help me get students started on bellwork faster?

]]> Comment on Blogging so far by Ellen http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/blogging-so-far/#comment-279 Ellen Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:18:18 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/blogging-so-far/#comment-279 My kids would love to have you comment or post! This Friday I did not schedule any computer lab time for my kids to blog. I could not believe how upset my classes were! My accelerated kids were so upset I finally gave in. Luckily we had an 80 mintute day and the lab was free! Thanks for the ideas. I agree about finding ways for them to dig deeper. We kind of started down that path on Friday. I talked with the kids about self-regulated learning. I've been thinking about it a lot because of 525. Anyway, I addressed it with the kids because I think it will give us some good ways to frame our thinking about the blog and how we want to continue as a class. The 4th period class did their Friday posts on learning. I really enjoyed reading them. If you check it out, be advised we are in the midst of choosing a new class pet. We were planning on getting some turtles and made a whole turtle habitat, but then found out it is illegal to have them in NYS public school classrooms. It was a bitter blow to the kids! Now the debate is on over which new pet we should choose. My kids would love to have you comment or post! This Friday I did not schedule any computer lab time for my kids to blog. I could not believe how upset my classes were! My accelerated kids were so upset I finally gave in. Luckily we had an 80 mintute day and the lab was free!

Thanks for the ideas. I agree about finding ways for them to dig deeper. We kind of started down that path on Friday. I talked with the kids about self-regulated learning. I’ve been thinking about it a lot because of 525. Anyway, I addressed it with the kids because I think it will give us some good ways to frame our thinking about the blog and how we want to continue as a class. The 4th period class did their Friday posts on learning. I really enjoyed reading them. If you check it out, be advised we are in the midst of choosing a new class pet.

We were planning on getting some turtles and made a whole turtle habitat, but then found out it is illegal to have them in NYS public school classrooms. It was a bitter blow to the kids! Now the debate is on over which new pet we should choose.

]]> Comment on Blogging so far by Jeremiah http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/blogging-so-far/#comment-277 Jeremiah Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:15:13 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/blogging-so-far/#comment-277 After our conversation last night at our blogging meeting, I realized that you are having the exciting opportunity of exploring the ways in which you can make blogging real to students through connections with outside posts. I know that you had mentioned struggling with how to bring in the more science rich content into the conversations. You are not alone. I read a blog that had the author of a book posting with the kids. However, the questions asked were surface level....I sometimes bring my online thinking back to what is just good teaching....what would you do in a regular class discussion if the conversation was all surface level? How would you dig below the surface? It doesn't always work to bring the techniques to online...but this might be a good place to start. Just a thought...... BTW- I think I might start commenting on your kids posts even though I am not in the science field.....it is just great to see them at work!! J:) After our conversation last night at our blogging meeting, I realized that you are having the exciting opportunity of exploring the ways in which you can make blogging real to students through connections with outside posts. I know that you had mentioned struggling with how to bring in the more science rich content into the conversations. You are not alone. I read a blog that had the author of a book posting with the kids. However, the questions asked were surface level….I sometimes bring my online thinking back to what is just good teaching….what would you do in a regular class discussion if the conversation was all surface level? How would you dig below the surface? It doesn’t always work to bring the techniques to online…but this might be a good place to start.
Just a thought……
BTW- I think I might start commenting on your kids posts even though I am not in the science field…..it is just great to see them at work!!
J:)

]]> Comment on Blogging so far by Ellen http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/blogging-so-far/#comment-219 Ellen Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:45:15 +0000 http://bloggingresearch.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/blogging-so-far/#comment-219 I didn't think about having the one of the kids post our agreements for what makes a good blog. I like it! I completely agree about it helping to guide our "readership". We don't have much of a readership besides ourselves yet, but the one parent I have told about it has already left her daughter a comment. So, that makes me hopeful that when others find out they will follow suit. The scientists working with us are both friends of mine. One is in Iowa and one in Wyoming, but both have their study areas in the Tetons in WY. They have committed to sharing the whole year with us. And, I have to say they have both already done way more than I would have ever expected them to do. Neither of them had ever blogged before, but they caught right on and have made it multimedia with pictures/audio/hyperlinks right from the start. I think it is giving both of them a good distraction from their dissertations!!! It is really fun for me to read the kids' comments and questions since I know their personalities. It makes what they write come alive so much more. Some posts are so funny or so profound to me, yet I know they wouldn't really speak as much to an outside reader. I am just now realizing this is another feature of the blog that makes it such a good classroom tool. Maybe the kids who participate get a deeper meaning/appreciation of what is being posted because they already have established relationships with the other blogging participants. -ellen I didn’t think about having the one of the kids post our agreements for what makes a good blog. I like it! I completely agree about it helping to guide our “readership”. We don’t have much of a readership besides ourselves yet, but the one parent I have told about it has already left her daughter a comment. So, that makes me hopeful that when others find out they will follow suit.

The scientists working with us are both friends of mine. One is in Iowa and one in Wyoming, but both have their study areas in the Tetons in WY. They have committed to sharing the whole year with us. And, I have to say they have both already done way more than I would have ever expected them to do. Neither of them had ever blogged before, but they caught right on and have made it multimedia with pictures/audio/hyperlinks right from the start. I think it is giving both of them a good distraction from their dissertations!!!

It is really fun for me to read the kids’ comments and questions since I know their personalities. It makes what they write come alive so much more. Some posts are so funny or so profound to me, yet I know they wouldn’t really speak as much to an outside reader. I am just now realizing this is another feature of the blog that makes it such a good classroom tool. Maybe the kids who participate get a deeper meaning/appreciation of what is being posted because they already have established relationships with the other blogging participants.

-ellen

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