Blogging in my classroom will start small at the onset. What I want to do is start the process by blogging a
few homework assignments and links to relevant articles that we will be using in class. By doing this I will be allowing them to visit and get used to the format of the blog. I want to have a step by step process, where I scaffold the use of the blog. My key to eventual success is to start small and work my way up to students leaving comments on questions that I have left, which will lead us to our discussion in the next class. The questions will be well thought out, so students will have to answer using critical thinking and analysis. The site I intend to use is wordpress.com. I have used it before and have had success with it. I like the ability to give and take permissions from students when needed. It also has the ability as the site administrator to accept and deny comments. When it comes to evaluating my student’s blog comments, I found the site Rubistar.4teachers.org very useful. I have used it before for other projects and have had success with it. The site is easily navigated and allows one to create or use a rubric that has already been created. It allows you to download, print, or store on their website.
Link to my Rubric for Blog Comments:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2402126&
Sites I visited to research Rubrics:
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
few homework assignments and links to relevant articles that we will be using in class. By doing this I will be allowing them to visit and get used to the format of the blog. I want to have a step by step process, where I scaffold the use of the blog. My key to eventual success is to start small and work my way up to students leaving comments on questions that I have left, which will lead us to our discussion in the next class. The questions will be well thought out, so students will have to answer using critical thinking and analysis. The site I intend to use is wordpress.com. I have used it before and have had success with it. I like the ability to give and take permissions from students when needed. It also has the ability as the site administrator to accept and deny comments. When it comes to evaluating my student’s blog comments, I found the site Rubistar.4teachers.org very useful. I have used it before for other projects and have had success with it. The site is easily navigated and allows one to create or use a rubric that has already been created. It allows you to download, print, or store on their website.
Link to my Rubric for Blog Comments:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2402126&
Sites I visited to research Rubrics:
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/