Saturday, November 18, 2006

Some reasons to use a Blog for my next class

Here are some of the reasons why I think it is a good idea.
  1. Students are tech savvy and this will be easy to do
  2. They take ownership of their Blog
  3. With resources available on the Web, research is relatively simple.
  4. If there is adequate feedback, the students will be encouraged
  5. Marking can be done all the time, anytime, and fairly easily.

1 comment:

Susan M. said...

Hi Ian - I think your point about students taking ownership of their blog is a really important piece of getting them engaged. I also think that many of them aren't as tech savvy as we think! They may be reading and commenting on their friends blogs, but I wonder how many of them actually have ever set one up themselves? Having said that, learning how to do a blog would be a huge motivator for the younger students anyway.

Susan