Student Interviews About Technology

Week 5 Assignment

Blogging in the Classroom Idea

As a Healthcare Science teacher of grades 9-12, I know that there are endless possibilities that can be explored in using technology in the classroom. I am always searching for new ideas to use in the classroom that help keep my students engaged.

A web blog could be used in many ways in my classroom.

Just a few ideas as to how it could be used:

• Post a summary about assigned reading
• Collaborate on group projects
• Gather information and ideas from different sources
• Ask questions that are related to subject content that need more explanation
• Communication assignments

Presently, I have students read a current-event article of their choice each week that is health related, then document their source, and write a summary. This currently counts with their weekly notebook grade. I think I would like to try and go paperless by having the students write and post their summaries on a blog site. This would enhance the lesson by allowing the summaries to be shared and then students could read and post comments about their opinions or thoughts about the article/summary. Commenting on their classmates’ postings would allow students to have meaningful discussions and gain the experience of blogging.

Let me know what you think!!!!