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Blogs in classroom
With the inception of Common Core standards and
The No Child Left Behind Act, all educators
require
teaching literacy across the curriculum. Getting kids
to write,
especially the weaker writers, can be a
challenge in itself but getting
kids to write about
math can be even more challenging – unless you
use blogging as your literacy tactic.
Blog writing is informal, unlike academic writing,
which may be
intimidating to some, if not all, of your
students. Blog writing takes
the pressure off of writing
and gives your students a voice in a safe
environment,
even if you or your students stepping out of your
comfort
zone.
Blogs in classroom
Blogging
can improve students’ writing skills and build
their confidence as writers. By blogging, students
can take ownership of
their
writing, become better
observers of others’ writing, and develop a more
immediate and powerful understanding of audience.
Blogs encourage
experimenting and risk-taking,
seriousness and play, and they foster an
increased
awareness of private and public writing. Blogging
blends both the freeing aspect of short pieces that
can be written in a relatively low-stakes environment
with the sense of claiming one’s own voice
and learning how to develop analysis and articulate
ideas to a larger public.
Guided by clear expectations of what is required in
a class
blog, students can see their writing develop
over the course of the
term. This handout describes
strategies for using blogs as a writing
tool in the
classroom.
