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Using Blogs to Promote Authentic Learning in the Classroom

  • JBlack, Jan. 2008
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10th Anniversary of the Blog!

      • Meaning/connotation of term
      • Shift from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and occurrence of broadband accessibility
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10th Anniversary of the Blog!
      • Educators have factors competing for their attention – NCLB, CSAP,  and more
      • We tend to be  traditionalist in our pedagogy as a profession
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My “Awakening” – My Story
  • My Background and Preconceptions


  • Web Design!! HTML rules, CSS rules!  FTP – learn it cause you’re going to need it!





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My “Awakening” – My Story
  • Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0



  • My discovery of what blogs really are – and their immense potential within the classroom.





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Why the hype about Web 2.0?
About blogging?
  • These tools are facilitating the “Democratization of the Web” – people who participate have a voice; they experience the power of publishing ideas, of having an authentic, real audience who can communicate back.  Now it’s about conversation.
  • We are evidencing a decentralization of authority when it comes to the dissemination of publishable ideas (that’s good and bad)
  • We become Consumers  and Contributors…
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My “Awakening” – My Story
(continued)
  • I now offer a Computer Applications class that focuses on these Web 2.0 tools with blogging at the core
  • Martin Seligman (2002)
      • “People typically use three strategies to chase happiness:
        • 1.  pursuing pleasure
        • 2.  engaging in personally meaningful actions
        • 3.  performing service



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Educational Rationale for Blogging in the Classroom?
  • Not one, but many!  Anne Davis’ post captures these beautifully!