Potential of blogs in my teaching context
Blogs are a great tool, they can be a blank canvas (empty space) for students to reflect their thoughts, put down or show off ideas and learning, collaborate with other students or enter set work.
as an online space, they cannot be forgotten, left at home or eaten by the dog, so students can refer to blogs anywhere with a computer at any time.
excamples of possible uses for blogs in a teaching context include
- Daily reflection, review on what the student saw as the important aspects of the days class
- project submission - from scaffolded criteria
- using a class blog and getting students to comment online on individual blogs. the blogs can be descriptive questions, thoughtful ideas or broad problems
Strengths | Weaknesses |
· Scaffold support for projects · Confidence for anyone to have input · Encourages knowledge construction through HOT · Collaboration and peer interaction · Linking to academic information | · Online only, limit use with some learners · Not face to face · Time consuming · copyright infringement issues · ethical use of the space · cyber safety of the students |
Opportunities | Threats |
· Interact with field professionals · Improve student teacher relationship · Later reference tool | · Concept need to be understood · Melicious entries · Copyright enfringement |
potential of websites in my teaching context
Strengths | Weaknesses |
· Repository for lessons/UOW/Cirriculum · Homework/Assignment details, links to resourses · Link to Blogs etc · Parents can see requirements and expectations | · No feedback online · No collaborative learning · |
Opportunities | Threats |
· HOT opportunities with students continuing research | · Outsiders hacking the site · Privacy · Data becoming out of date or incorrect · Lost linked functionality |
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