Today, I went to my course blog to see if there had been any activity and to my surprise there were four posts waiting to be moderated. I am so pleased. The posts were quite short and needed some work but the important thing is that I’ve got students writing!! Most students at my school struggle with reading and writing and do not like to do either. They were writing on a Sunday afternoon, their free time. Like, it’s school work!!! For my students in grade 11 and 12 part of their projects require that they complete ten journal entries between now and May 9th. I know I have included several times the link to our course blog but go ahead and take another look if your interested.
Laurie said,
April 6, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Way to go. I found that also I had very few writing or commenting in our blog. However, word got out and more and more students wrote a blog entry. Not everyone has yet but I am hopeful.
Shaun Loeppky said,
April 9, 2008 at 9:58 am
Isn’t that great when you find students actually participating in learning on their free time. It is a great testament to your work and influence!
tammysillers said,
April 14, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Well done Rosanne. You’re obviously connecting with these kids, and they feel safe enough to venture forth and try this new technology with you. I hope they continue to engage with it!