Building a online education community sounds exciting. I believe that we get so caught up in our teaching that we spend too little time sharing experiences and knowledge. This provides us an opportunity for open ended collegial realtionships. Opening the blog community up to students provides a new array of opportunities for students to deepen their understanding and grow.
If one of the goals of the blog is to open communication, both among peers and students, then we need to be sure to ask the kinds of questions that will encourage exchanges of ideas.
I have made comments to the following blogs. Dawson Daily, Amy's House, Shivani's Reflections, Director's Thoughts and Ms Lee's Thoughts. These are all in district blogs. It seems to me that I need to find an out of district blog as well to participate in to provide balanced viewpoints.
Your Voki was great, funny, lol, you really got into it.
ReplyDeleteI loved your idea of finding an out of district blog to have a balanced viewpoints. Having out of district people to comment on your blog is also a good idea since people can be a little bit more "objective" when they do not know the blogger personally.
ReplyDeleteLooking for blogs beyond the district is time-consuming, but worth the effort. I looked for a blog site for learners of German and found
ReplyDeletehttp://deutsch-lerner.blog.de/. Fantastic! A great classroom resource.