Oh my. What have I done?
My inbox is four pages long, chock-a-block with myConcordia notifications: "So-and-so has updated such-and-such's blog." This is great. I wasn't sure if kids would take to posting their story outlines and drafts on the class blog, but they seem to be universally enjoying it. Some of them seem to live online.
I'm staying out of it, having learned a lesson from people who try to micro-manage blogs. A couple kids are punching in HTML and tricking out their fonts and text colors, and I'm letting them. I'm glad they're taking ownership. More to the point, though, they are conversing about writing.
I'm seeing a growing sophistication in their feedback requests, from "What do I need to make it better?" transformed into "Is my climax too abrupt? Do I need more detail to make it plausible?"
I had a quick lesson in tagging today. Other than that, they're fairly blog savvy.
I've schedule a workshop session for them tomorrow, so I'll gauge their feelings for the kind of feedback their getting.
I'm nervous that everything they write is potential data, to be sifted and analyzed. I hope it's not that way. I hope that when the dust clears, some results will be apparent.
Am I the only one who feels overwhelmed?
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David- I am totally overwhelmed too! I know what you mean about the data... I have way more than I can possibly use (or even upload to my computer for fear of taking up too much space).
We started our blogs as well. The kids are REALLY into it! I asked them to write today about what they think of blogging... they said exactly what I thought they would say- it's fun and cool. But really, more than that they also said they liked it better than regular class discussion and they felt it allowed them to express themselves.
Hey David,
Just wondering what the latest is on the blog scene there. Are things still going well? Have you encountered any problems?
How are you dealing with grading, if at all? I decided to grade posts and I am wondering if I should have done so.....
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