TechieTeach

In my quest to provide interesting blogging experiences for my students, I thought I would try something new this week. I began a story and asked my students to contribute to the story and keep it moving along in plot. Part of me was pretty sure this wasn’t going to go over well with the kids. I just thought they might see it as a chore and have little buy-in. I was completely wrong! They are loving the idea. They have already posted almost 50 comments and it isn’t even the end of the week yet! I am so impressed with them!

In my last post, I was feeling so frustrated with my students, but I’m starting to feel like they are coming along. Slowly, the fire is lighting in them and they are becoming more and more interested in the blog. It is so exciting to me that I will have a student finish an assignment early in class and the first thing they ask me is if they can go on my blog!

Wow! Who would have thought! I’m not sure that I have really captured all of their attention yet, but there are several students who are really getting into it and are even responding to their peers!

I am thinking that my next lesson with them in relation to the blog will be about posting comments that are complete thoughts and even planning what they want to say before they start writing. I am a little disappointed in my students use of English conventions, but I am hoping that this will improve with positive peer pressure.