Facilitating Community Blogging Circles
There is a real concern among educators about protecting students’ privacy as most of them may not realize how much information they are revealing about themselves. In addition, as individuals, student bloggers need to take into consideration what the impact might be of posting private information about themselves or others. Continue reading Considering Student Disclosure and Transparency
This is the 2014 update of an earlier version I posted, in which I outlined a student bloggers’ bill of rights and responsibilities. In this update, I create a student bloggers’ manifesto. 1. Independent Bloggers will outline their own individualized blogging mission statement, Continue reading Independent Bloggers’ Manifesto
Academic blogging is quickly emerging as a separate genre. In the first of my series of blog posts, I explored Dr. Terry Anderson’s academic blogging style, and analyzed his blog post on Rethinking Disclosure and Surveillance . In this post, I explore Continue reading Explorations in Academic Blogging: Tony Bates
Path-Sharing – setting the context for audiences. I am responding to the ideas D’Arcy Norman has covered in his post on private “classblogs” vs. the wild, wide open Rationale (setting context for the audience-as-self for future reference) This post analyzes Continue reading Blogging an Argument Not the Same as Writing an Argument Essay
Just as there are challenges to working with learners who are reluctant to participate in collaborative blogging activities, there are those student bloggers who are what i would term “embedded bloggers”, learners who are energized and highly motivated to participate in group activity. They seek validation in replies to their posts, and comments are highly motivating. However, an absence of comments by peers can de-motivate these learners. So, what to do to keep these students blogging when there are few commentators? Continue reading How to Motivate Students (After the First Few Weeks)