Don't use last names or have possibly use initials or an alias known to the teacher specifically but also could be known to the classmates.
Concerns outside the classroom are monitoring of content how does an instructor moderate the student interaction. What is appropriate? How do you check in on conversation and make sure issues are not escalating.
Guidance and step in for appropriate content and personal information.
Instructor can give specific rules on how the students interact and what they post.
Set the tone for the blog, don't let it free flow. Has to be the actual student don't want brother or sister posting for you.
Depends on your classroom, equity in technology, goals of the classroom, how much student trust you have, student relationships, size of class. I think you can be either very successful using this media or very unsuccessful if you are not careful and if you are not deeply involved as a moderator.
Great ideas especially with the using initials or first names only. Keeping students safe is the most important thing.
ReplyDeleteIsn't the concern about brother/sister/mom/dad helping too much or doing the assignment for our student always present? Even if it's a paper-and-pencil assignment, others could be helping too much.
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