After the resistance that the mere mention of blogging evoked at school the other day (see previous post), I found myself becoming very protective of a tool that I am still exploring but hoping to use in the near future with my students. I felt it was necessary for me to find as much information as I could to support blogging in education.
Rather than search through articles today, I decided to give Teacher Tube a try to see if I could find a video about the benefits of education. Although I wasn't able to find one that would convince my colleagues and administrators that blogging with third and fourth graders is educationally sound, I did find a video that introduces blogs in a very simple way. This video, which is approximately three minutes long, is not what I set out to find initially. However, I thought it was worth saving and sharing.
"Blogs in Plain English" provides a simple explanation of what a blog is. The video refers to blogs as news for the 21st century that is both professional and personal. It is described as an online tool that provides people like you and me with the power of the media and allows us to share our perspectives with others through a series of posts and comments.
I really like this video and think that both children (third grade and above) and adults will find it informative and amusing. When I finally, hopefully, introduce blogging to my students, I think I'll begin by showing them this video.
Blogs in Plain English
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=367ab9eed5af82966a48
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I enjoyed the video and I think it would be a good introduction to blogging for both kids and adults. In my other course, someone mentioned a site for K-12 blogging that was apparently safe and yet allowed for freedom of expression. Have you heard of Gaggle? Here is the link.
https://gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp
I love this video. The models used break down the dynamics of blogging in a developmentally appropriate manner. I think that elementary students would benefit from this video. I also am very interested in Kirsten's comment about Gaggle. I have not heard of that. I may just have to check it out.
Thanks for the suggestion, Kirsten. I came across Gaggle recently but haven't looked into it yet.
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