....Not like the Xanga blogging experience of your High School days, but blogging in the sense of student creation for the purpose of active engagement, learning, and global communication. Students can create a website or blog about a particular topic and then add information to it. This lets the student have a purpose and reason for doing the assignment other than just getting a grade. They're getting the opportunity to share their ideas with the world. They're feeling a purpose behind the assignment. They're engaged. Here are several ways you can incorperate blogging into your classroom. MathJournaling and blogging in Math is becoming more and more popular. Students are learning through explaining concepts and thinking outside the box. They can blog about vocabulary words - write what the term means and any prior knowledge they have. They can incorperate videos that explain what the term is and/or websites that offer tutorials or help on the term. They can also blog about how they're solving particular problems and how they worked through the different steps. They can include memes and gifs to make it fun and interesting. The possibilities are endless. ELAThere are so many ways that a blog or website would be a great tool for students to use in the ELA classroom. Students can create blogs that compare different works. They can keep a creative writing blog and see their progress from the beginning of the year to the end. Students can create blogs or websites instead of doing a traditional book review. They could also create a blog or website that simply analyzes or explains a speech, poem, etc. Foreign LanguageStudents can create blogs about cities or countries they're visiting. They can write in Spanish and create a professional looking website/blog instead of doing a poster or powerpoint. For Spanish classes that will take an AP test at the end of the year, Science & Social StudiesScience and Social studies could do this as well with a scientist or historical figure. They can make different tabs for various things about the person. Blog or create a website to explain cells or battled during the Civil War. Blogging or creating a website can really be used for any project in any subject. What they would put in a powerpoint have them put on Weebly, Blogspot, Google Sites, etc. Let your students get creative and think outside of the box in a new and exciting way.
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