Do weblogs rock?
I have been tallying responses and reading the Literature Circles responses and it is overwhelming. We have learned so much from this project. Generally, the students felt that there were too many roles and it took away from the joy of reading - some truth there but the upside is how much they learned from each other and how much we learned about the students. I need to spend some time thinking about the whole project. Lynne and I will be meeting later when we both can grab some moments - not so easy at this time of year.
Here are a few of the student reflections from Shanna who hopes to never hear the word weblog again to Lindsay who says Weblogs Rock!
A few others…
Becca’s Weblog Reflections
Sunni’s The Good and the Bad - Learning Reflections
Drew’s Bridge Reflections
Pamela’s My Thoughts
December 10th, 2003 at 12:10 am
I do look forward to reading your post after you’ve had a chance to mull over the comments. As it stands, it’s helpful to read that blogs become tedious and take the joy out of reading when it’s just repetitive and drawn out. Perhaps what’s needed in elementary is a variety of blogging experiences in response to a particular unit or content area. And, what happens with adult bloggers will probably be what happens with kids–those who really love it will want to do it consistently and well, and as they get older may blog independently, and those that don’t will only do so if assigned to, without much quality, and will not continue on their own.