Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Journals

I have been toying with this idea for a few months now. I teach freshmen level computer applications and at the beginning of the semester we do a quick refresher unit on keyboarding .During The first half of the semester I have the kids write a daily journal that must be typed and about 100 words. This is great practice keyboarding and to get them thinking of different topics. I think next semester I want them to create a blog to journal on. I could subscribe to their blogs and read all of their work in one spot without having to look in multiple computer folders. What a time saver and fun way for students to use blogging.
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  1. syoung918January 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    I think this is a great idea and like you said an excellent way for students to share ideas and practice keyboarding. The only problem I can think of would be student access from home. Do all of your students have computers and internet access at home? They could also be given class time to complete blogging activities if your school grants access to blogs. At this time we cannot access any blogs from school. I hope that your school is more advanced than ours in this manner because I really think this would be a great way to implement blogs in your freshmen computer applications class!

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  2. deidsonJanuary 16, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    Having the student’s blog as their daily journal is a really great idea so that they will be able to practice their keyboarding skills. The only problem that I see though is that what if your school has blocked access to blogs? What would you do then? I know that there are ways that computer teachers can get access to sites that they have to use in their class. I would say that you have to look into that before the semester starts so that all your students would have access to blogs in class. Personally at my school they have not blocked the blog sites yet, but you never know and that could change at any moment. If they know that you are using the sites for school purposes then they would grant you access.

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  3. TkoprowskiJanuary 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    I too think this is a great idea. You have the perfect situation to really work blogging into your daily plans. The question I have is what do you do about students that do not have internet access at home? In your class you probably have time to really accomplish the things you want your students to finish, but what do you do if they don't?

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