Facilitating Community Blogging Circles
The act of creating links from your blog to specific pages of others’ web sites or blog posts, is a useful way to connect to others’ ideas, but we need to remind learners to always cite their sources, and introduce the links as belonging to someone else. There should also always be some context surrounding why that link was selected, how it was found, and a brief description of its significance. Continue reading Citing Sources: Berry-Picking Example
One important thing to let students know about when publishing to their blogs is that they need to provide details about where they found their sources, and not borrow large sections of content from other bloggers. Deep Linking, the act Continue reading Berry-Picking, Evaluating Online Resources, and Addressing Plagiarism and Copyright
Adult literacy learners face a huge challenge of what to write, and so here are a few ideas to break the ice for newcomers to blogging: visioning, berry-picking, and path-making activities. Visioning: Introducing Self to Peers and the Instructor In this activity, student Continue reading Starting to Blog With Literacy Learners? Here are a Few Ideas