Blogging starts with reading, or creating your own ideas. From there the options are endless. When someone posts a comment on a blog you created it can take you in a totally different direction and sometimes even in to new ideas. On the 5th Grader blog a student was encouraged and empowered by how people commented on his blog. He seemed to have very little self confidence, but with the comments posted I felt he had to be empowered. Normally if a 5th grader wrote something like this in a diary or journal there may be one person, their teacher, make a positive comment. On this blog he was encouraged not only to do well in spelling, but to continue on through life. I really feel like this could be a fork in the road for this child's entire future.
We must be careful what we put out there for people to read because on the blog An Open Letter About Cyberbullying the original blog was talking about how people whine about this. Because of a blog written about Beware These Six Lamest Social Networks the blogspot about Cyberbullying had to screen who was able to come and comment on their blog.
Students have wonderful opportunities to learn tons of information from blogs but we must still make sure that we are aware of what our students and our own children are doing on the web.
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Good job adding the link to your post! That's one thing that makes blogging great - the ability to click through and read the original item that the blogger is referencing.
ReplyDeleteI think we also need to be aware of what students are doing on the internet. The internet is such a powerful tool but when used the wrong way can be detrimental. Teachers, like in Patrick's situation, can help change a students outcome on school. I don't know how many people Patrick thought would come into contact with his blog, but it was a powerful tool for him.
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