What do you think?

"Weblogs" are more commonly referred to as blogs. Blogs allow you to involve student feedback, vocabulary, and discovery in the classroom.

In this blog we are attempting to answer the question, "Who has the right to respond to Weblogs?"

Some people believe the answer to this question may be the audience the weblog addresses, some believe differently.

The purpose of a Weblog is to promote discourse between people by reporting information. Therefore, if the information that is being reported is relevant to the reader, than responding to the content of the weblog would be appropriate. However, who is to say who can and can't respond to a blog?

Should anyone be able to post on a blog? Let us know your thoughts in the post section.

Please also visit our Wiki for more information about Weblogs!

http://peerlesspedagogues.wikispaces.com/

Johnson, D. (2006) Blogging and the Media Specialist. The Best of Learning & Leading with Technology, pg. 1.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Classroom Blogging v. Social Blogging

I think it depends upon who the blog is intended for. For example, in my classroom I would make the blog private so only my students would be able to post their comments. If I were in a more social setting, like Facebook, I would allow only my friends to view my content and post on my wall. The author of the blog dictates through their security settings who is able to write responses and who is not.
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    I personally think using a site, like this one, to create a Weblog is great if you would like have a discussion with people around the World about a topic you have interest in since everyone is able to view your blog. If I would like to just have a discussion using Weblogs with my friends or have my students blog, I would definitely not use a Web site such as this one because it is so public and anyone could read them. I would use a more private one that I could set up with restrictions to who is able to view the blog and who is able to post a response.

    In my district, Buffalo, on our teacher Web sites, we have the option to add a section for blogging. The program we use to create our teacher Web sites has a built in security system a teacher can use to manage the blog. The teacher can set up the blog so in order to view the blog you much have a password, the blog can set it up for the teacher to authorize any posts, can be set up not to show the person's e-mail address they have to submit in order to blog, then the e-mail address is only for the teracher's eyes, and can be set up not to show the posts. Therefore, if I were to have my students blog, I would have them blog on my classroom Web site.

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  2. Mr. StewartOctober 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    I agree with Kristen. The indented audience is critical to this question. The creator of a blogs should establish, restrict, and monitor the audience. I believe that there are times when anyone should be allowed to post on blogs. This would be helpful for personal interest blogs. This way, people new to the topic can gain advice and insight from experts in the area. However, like Kelli stated, classroom blogs should be private and viewable by the classroom or district only. This way outside persons cannot interfere and still allow the information to be shared among other classrooms in the district.

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  3. UnknownOctober 19, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    I think that depending on what the topic of the blog is and what it is being used for depends on who has the right to respond. If the blog is only used for educational purposes it is a good idea to keep it private for many reasons such as: other students bullying or writing inappropriate commments about one another, the conversation going off course because of outsiders input. However, depending on the topic an outsiders input could be helpful. I think it all depends on the grade level and the topic being discussed. If it's only about vocabulary and in class material then keeping the blog private would be most beneficial. Personal interests blogs should be allowed to be posted on by anyone on the Internet in order to gain more followers and build a community of people with the same intersts.

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  4. Tiffany KnarrOctober 19, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    I also agree. Blogs intended for classroom and educational uses should have some sort of privacy. In personal use, it is up to the creator as to who has access. For school, because of censorship issues, I feel that they should be protected. I have seen some blogs, even for national news companies, list replies to their postings which are not PC, or accurate.

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  5. UnknownOctober 19, 2009 at 7:08 PM

    To continue with my thought....
    In conclusion, accessability would be one of my biggest concerns with using a Weblog with my students (Wang and Hsua, 2008). As Wang and Hsua said in their article, I could give my students blog-access permission to blog.

    Wang, S, & Hsua, Hs. (2008). Reflections on
    Using Blogs to Extend In-Class
    Discussion. TechTrends, 52(3), 81-85.

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  6. UnknownOctober 19, 2009 at 11:18 PM

    A blog can be a very effective learning tool in many ways. I do feel that blogs should be open to the world because in reality, our students at home are not protected. School should be an environment that mimics the real world, and in the real world they will not have a teacher holding their hand every step of the way. If there is a posting that is offensive, it can be a learning experience for students to go over netiquette. Once the learning has been achieved, the owner of the blog can simply delete the posting and move on with the subject.

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