journal_5

Journal #5
“Blggers Cafe” by Anne Davis
Learning & Leading with Technology, February 2008. pp17

In this article, Davis introduces the classroom blogging and effective processes to affect learning. First, we create a class blog. Next, students create their individual blogs. Third, students do peer review and comment on others’ blog. Fourth, blog helps students to reflect. Last, be creative on the class blog.
Among those points, the third one impresses me the most. I love the idea to encourage students to comment on classmates’ blog. This will make every student excited to know others’ view. It is good to know the feedback and ideas. Students can be inspired by the comments from their peer. This is a very good way to drive the students move to next levels.
In conclusion, classroom blogging and individual blogging can get students better understandings on their courses. Giving each other comments is an effective way to make the students grow. Blogging is a tool to build a community to learn more and deeper. We should use this tool as much as possible.

Questions…
1. How to choose the link for the class blog?
Teachers should pre-select the main links on the class blog. It should be very safe and clear. All of the material in the class blog should relate and focus on the students and their learning.

2. How to help student to create their own individual blog?
Students can follow a frame work from the teacher to set up the individual blog first. Once they can get into it, teacher should give them some room to develop by their own styles. They have the ownership for their blogs. As long as they follow the common rules which were set by the teacher from the beginning of the class, they can customize the blog with their own feathers. Encourage them to be creative. Let them enjoy the blogs and have fun with it.