[Air-l] weblogs in education

elijah wright elw at stderr.org
Mon Nov 4 21:28:21 PST 2002


there's a group of people on the techrhet list (techrhet at interversity.org
- you'll have to google for subscription information) who're into
blogs-in-education.

someone (jeff galin?) mentioned kairosnews.org...

there was an abortive attempt to start a CMSes-in-education listserv
earlier this year, but it sort of didn't go anywhere.  hit

http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmsedu

for that one.  someone could go try to fire things up there... i think the
sub-group of us who were involved all had too much on our plates.

elijah


On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, parrishka wrote:

> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:28:37 -0500
> From: parrishka <parrishka at sympatico.ca>
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] weblogs in education
>
> > >Message: 10
> > >From: dca4 at georgetown.edu
> > >I'm having two of my classes use weblogs this semester. Students in one
> > >class are keeping journals, writing about anything they desire,
> > >http://cct723.blogspot.com.  Another class is using them in a more
> > >structured manner to answer weekly questions,
> > >http://cct717.blogspot.com, then read each others answers.  Please
> > >browse, if you have a chance.
> > >
> > >Are others using blogs as an educational information sharing or
> > >creativity device?  Would love to discuss what you are finding. I'm
> > >getting very mixed reactions from students, especially those asked to
> > >journal.
> > >Dorine
> > >
> > Students always hate to write. It seems. Blogger also seems to be the
> > hardest for some students due to the design. Not that any of them are
> > good.
> >
> > If you want to talk off list email me, or iChat (aka AIM):
> > complicitytheory, or if there's interest from others, a group chat on
> > my CVE.
> >
> > Jason
> >
>
> Hi Dorine,
>
> I've used blogs in the highschool English classroom, where we ask students to journal all the
> time, and have increasingly felt the need to re-evaluate and re-situate the idea of the "journal
> assignment."  as i mentioned in a recent meta-blog post on my own blog
> (http://www.meadow4.com/squish/archives_02/001023.html), it's a fairly co-ercive, invasive
> gesture. i usually encourage my students to lie.
>
> one thing that i always hope is stressed in the use of blogs in the writing classroom is the
> performative nature of the public writing act. I notice that Gary Thmospon just delivered a paper
> on this topic,  (http://www.svsu.edu/%7Eglt/Louisville/Louisville_title.htm) and i haven't had
> time to give it more than a glance, but i do think this is a crucial starting point, and part of
> what can get people out of the trap they feel when they start to contemplate that fact that you've
> just asked them to expose themselves for a mark.
>
> as for creative uses of weblogs, my favourite so far is lying motherfucker:
> http://lyingmofo.ohskylab.com/
> although it's been aiming a bit low of recent.
>
> the neil gaiman entries are very, very funny.
>
> anyhow, i'd also be interested in talking more about this- and so backchannel or synchronous
> meet-up with jason or something would be fab.
>
> katherine parrish
> http://www.meadow4.com/
>
>
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