Blogging was something I have heard of in the past but never got into it myself. Professional experience has introduced blogging as a whole and what it can do for us as student-teachers. Maria had brought the interesting idea that blogging allows us as teachers to express our experiences for the world wide web to view and comment. But also can be used within the classroom as a technological advance for student learning. I personally would like to attempt to use a blogging writing project for students to participate in. The purpose of this would be to vary the type of literacy students usually undertake with written assignments precisely and to introduce a new lifelong skill that students can use in the future.
In today's lit circles the girls had revolved a discussion based on Davis, A & McGrail, E article 'The influence of classroom blogging on elementary student writing'. Sophie, Devashna and Rebecca had raised the question about the influences of classroom blogging on student writing. Concepts were brought about the idea that through blogging students could socialise with their peers through blogging. The reason for this is because students have the ability to comment or chat on each others blogs. It could be used as a tool to express the students emotions or posts about facts that they find interesting.
I.e. the events that they had experienced in school or sporting events that they participated in over the weekend. As students are blogging about these certain possibilities, they are at the same time developing their social skills, cognitive skills and computer skills. This would ultimately benefit them in the future as they are familiar with the use of technology.
References
Davis, A., & McGrail, E. (2011). The influence of classroom blogging on elementary student writing. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 25(4) 415-437.
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