Comments on: Student Blogs as Thinking Tools http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/12/29/student-blogs-as-thinking-tools/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Do Homework at School & Schoolwork at Home | Stick in the Sand http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/12/29/student-blogs-as-thinking-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Do Homework at School & Schoolwork at Home | Stick in the Sand Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:11:43 +0000 http://www.ovenell-carter.com/?p=763#comment-335 [...] some indications that it works. The students see homework as something rather interesting; the student blogs have grown from a couple dozen words a post to several hundred, and I think I see a growing [...] [...] some indications that it works. The students see homework as something rather interesting; the student blogs have grown from a couple dozen words a post to several hundred, and I think I see a growing [...]

]]> By: Braddo http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/12/29/student-blogs-as-thinking-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Braddo Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:17:56 +0000 http://www.ovenell-carter.com/?p=763#comment-230 Thanks for the comment. I am always pleasantly surprised by what students can do when you give them room and proper support; generally, I think we sell them short. I bet you'll find the same feeling. Thanks for the comment. I am always pleasantly surprised by what students can do when you give them room and proper support; generally, I think we sell them short. I bet you’ll find the same feeling.

]]> By: Ann Lusch http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/12/29/student-blogs-as-thinking-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Ann Lusch Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:37:22 +0000 http://www.ovenell-carter.com/?p=763#comment-229 I read this with interest because next semester I plan (for the first time) to integrate blogging into one class. I expect that it will be a new experience for most of my students; I have already experienced that the idea of "digital native" does not extend to all the available tools on the web. I hope that my juniors and seniors (grades 11 and 12) will have at least a fraction of the insight of your grade 9 student! I read this with interest because next semester I plan (for the first time) to integrate blogging into one class. I expect that it will be a new experience for most of my students; I have already experienced that the idea of “digital native” does not extend to all the available tools on the web.

I hope that my juniors and seniors (grades 11 and 12) will have at least a fraction of the insight of your grade 9 student!

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