Reflecting on Simon Scott's blog post Blogging! Has it made a difference?, this has highlighted to me the benefits of blogging for children. Blogging is a fantastic channel in which we can get children engaged, excited and interested in literacy. What spoke to me in the post was that blogging creates an "authentic global audience", children feel much more driven to write through blogging as it is real and they know they can elect a response from other people. I love the authentic nature of this and the motivation it provides as it gives students a sense of purpose.
One important aspect I took out of this blog if I were to implement this in my classroom was to follow the 3 steps to write something positive, thoughtful and helpful on another students blog when commenting. I like how by doing this continues the learning, the piece of writing doesn't stop there and students can keep working on it.
What was further highlighted to me in the post was the improvement in punctuation, I thought is was amazing how much a child's punctuation can improve by blogging.
Questions I have now relates to how can I implement this with my students? As a teacher of junior children (5 and 6 year olds) how can I do this in my classroom on a smaller scale? Could I use apps such as seesaw to stimulate the same sort of learning for my students? Could I use ipads, where the students write on the ipads and listen o their stories back with their friends around the classroom?
Simon Scott Blog: A learner's Journey (http://alearnersjourney81.blogspot.com/search/label/Blogging)
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