Blogs
Outcomes Met: Grade 5 Science 5-4-02, Grade 5 Math 5.N.9
Blogs are a great tool to use in the classroom and can be used for anything and everything. Some teachers assign students to read preselected blogs that relate to class projects, have them comment on blogs, and then have students report back to the class. Blogs can be used for many different things such as classroom management, learning logs, and class discussions. For example, in science, students could post a blog about a science experiment that they did on weather. First they could post what they thought would happen, and then do a followup post on what actually did happen. 1. Teach students about digital citizenship and digital identity. 2. Assign times and dates when students can post on the blog (classroom blog). 3. Brainstorm topics or ideas to blog about (or blog about whatever is interesting in the moment). 4. Have students share their blog posts with the class. |