Blogging: Reinventing Teaching and Learning in the Information Age

A workshop was centred around these issues in Australia.. at Casula School https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/

They note that blogging is a recent use of technology that allows teachers to create online discussions for student use. As a recent use of technology, available research and examples of best practice are limited. So that means that assessment may be limtited also, However, I am sure through my research I will uncover a path that will lead onto many other roads.

The four-hour workshop began with an overview of the successes and failures of blogging professional development for the teachers and schools from the presenters’ school district.

Participants in the workshop were introduced to blogging terminology, tools and resources. The workshop gave examples of teacher moderated blog sites, thus reducing the risk of students posting or viewing inappropriate material. It then concentrated on participants making their own blog sites. It is important to set guidelines.

This does bring up the issue of the time it will take a teacher to locate and view all children's blog sites?? I am sure that the speed of the findings (as the tree will be rapidly, growing many branches during the process, like the students brain filling knowledge) will be moderately faster than the eyes of the teacher.