I'm sure you can tell by the title of this post that I teach english to middle school students. It is a goal of mine to use this blog in my classroom in several capacities. First, I would like to have discussion topics initially posted by me and then feedback given by my students. They could do this as an out of class assignment either completed at home or during study hall depending on the technology that is available to them at home. This would give me another tool for assessing their knowledge about the current topic. It would also allow me to evaluate their writing skills.
Another reason to create this blog would be to publish student work. With their permission, this would be an excellent publishing tool for which I've been searching. Blogging would expand their audience like I've never thought possible. Along with publishing student work, we could use the blog for peer evaluation. Revising and editing are the most significant steps of the writing process. This outlet would create the desire to look over one's work once again and make it better.
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Using blogs to publish student work is also a great place to find exemplars and anchors! Of course, we would never want to make students feel bad, but what a great, easily accessible way to point out really great work to help guide our instruction!
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