Week7

Heya!

This week while prowling my blogs I found an interesting entry on paper blogging. This immediately caught my eye since many classrooms in Israel are yet to have internet access and many teachers are still apprehensive to use / integrate the internet into their classroom.

Paper blogging is exactly what it sounds like, blogging on paper. Blogging gives students a platform is express themselves and share their voice in writing. Even though not online, paper blogging still enables students to read and comment on their peers blogs.

An idea for a high school classroom: Ask the students to create their own paper blog, getting them to respond to a hot topic discussed in class. One written, the students will hang their blogs on the display boards around the room. Then the first 10 minutes of the next class, students will have the opportunity to read their peers work and then respond. They respond by writing a response on post-it note and physically sticking it to the blog. This is an idea that can continue through the year, the first few minutes of every class, giving a real opportunity for conversations to happen on paper.

Blogging is a great way to hear the students thoughts, especially those that they are afraid to say out loud in class. The paper blogging alternative is a unique way to practice and encourage writing, whilst introducing students to the blogging world.

Thats all for now, so until next time...have a good one!