[LIT] blogging or written conversations

[Ashli and Paul Andersen]

My district has schoolweb which is ables teachers to create websites.  In my
site, I am able to to have forums where students chat with eachother.  I
haven't tried it yet, but I plan to hole forum chats with the honors
classes.  We'll see how it goes.  I'm excited to see how it works.

Shannon


On 7/4/07, Lisa Branon <branon20 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have had some real success with my students having a deeper conversation
> in their book clubs when we blog. I have had a lot of trouble maintaining
> one with the district's filter. It is so very frustrating. My kids are
> excited to talk with each other using the computer. Has anyone else used it?
> When the blogs were down we just passed a paper for conversation. For some
> reason this written form of discussing literature is so much better than the
> oral ones in class. I certainly know the importance of talk, but the
> inherent teen shyness sometimes keeps them from truly opening up with their
> thoughts. Writing their conversations seems to bring out the real heart felt
> thinking I am so dearly looking for in response to literature. Any ideas on
> blogging and filters?
>
> Lisa Branon
> Reading/ Language Arts Teacher
>
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