C4Tp #3

In Ms. Tolisano's video, The Possibilities of Student Blogging, we see how much of an impact blogging really does have on students. Blogging gives students a platform where they can talk to others who are not in the same room as them is great for students. Teachers can decide on how global and open the platform can be for the student blogs. Quad-blogging is one thing that I had not heard of before watching this video. Quad-blogging consists of four teams. they take weekly turns commenting and writing blog posts. One team will be the ones writing the blog posts and the other three teams will be the commenters. They switch after a week. Each team is from a different country so it gives students a global experience. Students say that blogging helps improve their writing skills. They went from writing blogs that were only a few sentences long to posts that are over 1,000 words long. Comments are a way to start a conversation with the author of the blog. According to the students, the comments you leave on someone else's blog should be personal and should have enough information for the author to comment back to the commenter.

In Ms. Tolisano's second blog post, I learned about documenting in the classroom. I know I am very unorganized at times, so this will help me keep track of everything in my future classroom. Documenting also helps students take ownership of the hard work they do. This is definitely a technique I will use in my classroom.