Chapter 4

We've probably experienced as much with wikis so far using our class wiki as this chapter talks about, but let's read chapter four and see if it prompts any new ideas or questions. It's OK if this response is shorter than some of your other responses to the reading assignments...

SarahM is using a wiki at school for a "50 states" project (see her wiki page on our class site)...what are some other cool application ideas that you have come up with?

Richardson Chapter 2

This chapter looks at using blogs with your curriculum. Talk about your thoughts about what the chapter says and add any personal application ideas - how do you envision blogs assisting you or the teachers that you work with. Last semester I had a high school English teacher in one of my classes who used a couple of blogs to carry on the discussion from three books that her senior class was reading (they had a choice of books so how do you carry a class discussion on three books? - a blog was a great solution). She had a lot a positive things to say about the experience - the students said things that they might have been afraid to say out loud in class, but felt safe saying on the blog...but it brought up other issues she hadn't thought of...like how much should the teacher direct the conversation? Should the teacher totally stay out or add her comments? There are many other ideas to consider when you bring blogs into your curriculum, Richardson talks about a lot of them in this chapter...but if something some up that isn't mentioned, bring it up in your comments...

Comments from Chapter 1 of Richardson

What made you say "hummmmm"? What thoughts popped into your head as you read? This response is mostly up to you (sometimes i'll ask more specific things).

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