EduBlog Insights

Today some of my students in my Wrinkles group were able to make comments on other student weblogs.  For the most part, they were commenting in positive ways about their peer’s use of adjectives, writing style, etc.  This is good and it’s a start. As I walked around reading and observing, I thought that this was an avenue where I could entice them  to take this a step further. It could be a simple yet effective way for them to make deeper connections about what they are thinking about as they read. I need to bump up the thinking.  It could be as simple as giving them a starter comment sentence like…..

This made me think about…..

I wonder why…..

Your writing made me form an opinion about….

This post is relevant because….

Your writing made me think that we should…

I wish I understood why….

This is important because….

Another thing to consider is….

Just like asking the right question is so important in our teaching and learning, the comment feature can be a great way to spark those learning connections!

Want to add to the list?  Comment away!!

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