Student Blogging

Ever considered getting your students to blog? Incorporating it into your teaching and encouraging students to do so has many benefits, including:

• Writing for an authentic audience

• Discovering and enhancing their voice

• Reflecting on their learning

• Creating respectful and meaningful comments for others

• Improving literacy

• Connecting with peers and their community

• Learning digital citizenship

• Developing a positive digital footprint

Check out my presentation below on how to get student blogs started, specific standards addressed, benefits for the students and classroom, and solutions to possible drawbacks. Feel free to read along with my script.