Over the next few blogs I will be looking at different groups of tools. The first tool is Blogs for learning. I am currently using a blog right now to post my learning experience. To analysis a blog I am going to use a SWOT analysis.
Strengths:
- Allows students to post their thoughts, feelings, research etc
- Allows others to read and comment on the post
- Allows postings, links, videos and text etc
- Can be accessed at school or at home
Weaknesses:
- Is an individual activity and unsuitable for group work
- Requires internet to access
- Only the author can edit
Opportunities:
- Allows students an opportunity to submit their work / reflections in a digital and modern way
- Integrates technology into the classroom
Threats:
- Is Internet based so the relevent precautions need to be followed as with any internet based program
One of my teaching areas is Biology / Science . A Blog would be very useful for students to use to blog about an experiment and others would be able to follow the blog and see the results as they are posted. Students would be able to go back through the posts and they would be able to see everything they had posted and how they were progressing. Teachers would also be able to access the blogs and read and provide comments to the blogs. It would be good for those experiments which require work from home as students (providing they have internet access at home) would be able to post results straight away and would not have to wait until they got back to the classroom.
Will allowing students to investigate and use blogs as part of their learning experience encourage more to participate in learning activities? It would be good !!
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