Modeling writing
Modeling writing is one of the links on the FordLog. He lists some examples of writing he completed on his class weblogs. Peter goes on to say that he “believes that if we want students to become habitual writers then we must model the process.”
His post is well worth reading about the role of the teacher in habitual writing and audience.
An excerpt:
“What this does highlight for me is the crucial role that the teacher/editor/facilitator plays in developing a fledgling community of student webloggers - whatever form it may take, young or old, structured or chaotic. Providing the audience is not the challenge - weblogs are a ‘killer ap’ in this regard. What blogs can’t do however, is change a student’s view on writing in general and their own writing in particular. This is where the teacher/facilitator can play such a positive or negative role. I believe this is true at both primary school and university level.”
Peter sums it up by stating that “Defining a teaching methodology for encouraging weblogging amongst students is just as crucial as providing everyone with their own blog.”
As usual, there are lots of good posts on his site. His post on Arts Alive is going to be a great help to my Wrinkles group. I’ve been looking for good reads on keeping art and music in our curriculums. This site is great. Any of you know of others?
Peter always gets to the heart of the matter. I like that.
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