We rolled out individual blogs in Term 2. The students in Room 21 were excited to use this new tool.
Screenshots from Sofia and Nicoles Blogs
This week when I said we were going to do a blog post, I heard a range of sighs and groans.
We had a bit of a chat about it and it became clear that students had a lot feedback. I created a shared doc where students shared their thoughts about blogging. It was a structured task with questions to guide their feedback. In hindsight, that lack of choice featured largely in the feedback. I am amused with myself.
Here are the main points that were raised in the feedback;
- It's just writing about learning
- We have no choice about what we can blog about
- It is so detailed and it takes too long
- I get tired
- The topics are not very exciting quote
- "I was excited to share my art and Minecraft creations but then I got disappointed because we just shared maths and stuff that sounded like a science experiment :(. Like seriously who would get excited about a blog called - Spreadsheets- Analysis of completed tasks for Monday 28th June???"
Long story short, we negotiated a range of solutions including;
2 free choice blogs a week- 3 learning blogs a week
- 1 comment a day
So far this seems to be meeting the engagement needs of most of the class. Having a choice was an aspect I hadn't thought about. The change in blogging motivation has increased greatly. Here are a couple of free choice blogs that have a strong personal voice and a clear passion for what they have created.
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