Using Blogs in the Classroom

Apart from yet encompassing this project on Peace and Social Justice, I would like to explore whether or in what situations, blogs can be used efficiently in education. Some of my expectations and motivations are:

• to see if blogs lend themselves to supporting cognitive flexibility.
• to encourage my students to write because their work will be published.
• to give the students a chance to experience their parents as writers and also be exposed to their political views in an educational environment.
• to encourage both the students and adults to locate and cite information, thus promoting research and using the internet for research.
• researching the data collection possibilities of a blog.
  

Some parameters for this blogging exercise:

• Posts will be directional, simple and allow for creativity/expansion of ideas.
• Posts and comments can be made in class and at home.
• A ;letter explaining what the blog's intention is will be sent home to the parents involved.

Evaluation of the blog will include:

• Posting in a timely manner.
• Adding to and contributing ideas.
• Adding other references to social justice.
• Writing ability-
• clear
• good spelling
• complete sentences