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The decision to incorporate student blogging into the classroom has been made. As a teacher this is the beginning of an exciting adventure with endless educational opportunities for the students. After doing much research on how to implement blogging into the classroom, I realize there is a general blueprint, but not necessarily a step-by-step guide to implementation. The focus I plan to use when I begin my implementation is student empowerment. As a teacher it can be difficult to relinquish control, but if students realize they have a greater responsibility, they have the opportunity to excel at a higher level. As I mentioned last week, it is important for the teacher to have a sound understanding of how to blog. The research indicates that rubrics are a tool often used to evaluate blogs without bias. I read several blogs and websites searching for comprehensive rubrics and located a few that I took from to use in my own classroom. For student content blog criteria The Chronicles of Higher Education offered helpful categorization and background on why those categories should be used. Just as important as the content itself, perspective or student voice needs to be clear throughout the blog. A+ Rubric displays a simple layout for assessing student voice. It also gives the students a clear understanding of your expectations. In addition to acquiring useful rubrics, I found a useful site about assessing blogs. What I found particularly useful about this site was the argument points for assessing blogs. Using comprehensive rubrics in conjunction with knowing the reasons why it is important to use rubrics fosters a strong platform to begin blogging in the classroom.
Sources:
Sample, M. September 27, 2010. Content Rubric: The Chronical of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/a-rubric-for-evaluating-student-blogs/27196
Voice Rubric: A+ Rubric: https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/blogrubric.html
https://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/blogging+commenting+rubric.pdf
Ripp, P. Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension: http://pernillesripp.com/major-topics/student-blogging/
Assessing Student Blogs: https://blogs-in-k12.wikispaces.com/assessing+student+blogs
Sources:
Sample, M. September 27, 2010. Content Rubric: The Chronical of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/a-rubric-for-evaluating-student-blogs/27196
Voice Rubric: A+ Rubric: https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/blogrubric.html
https://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/blogging+commenting+rubric.pdf
Ripp, P. Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension: http://pernillesripp.com/major-topics/student-blogging/
Assessing Student Blogs: https://blogs-in-k12.wikispaces.com/assessing+student+blogs