Having a classroom blog set up for students to publish their creativity is an incredible way to generate excitement and quality content. But what about when you have hundreds of students or a group of younger students that aren’t quite ready for writing their own articles? Kate from Wisconsin sent in a excellent tip for dealing with such an occasion(in her case 600+ young students).
Managing 600 young students would be a nightmare when it came time for reading 600 articles or even setting up that many accounts(especially if they don’t have email accounts). To offset this, Kate recommends creating a teacher blog and writing the articles yourself. Students would be required to do the responding. If done correctly there could be many possibilities for teachable moments.
- How to comment and discuss effectively
- How to participate in an online community in a safe environment
- Critical thinking about how your comments match the questions at hand
- How to respond civilly to criticism.
