I attended a fantastic seminar on Friday on Blogs, Wikis and other Web Tools. The keynote speaker was inspirational. Check out his book - 'Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms' by Will Richardson. He spoke eloquently about the failure of schools around the world to teach students how to really use Web 2.0. Most of our students are teaching themselves and each other. Couldn't we, as educators, do a better job if we could get a handle on the web and all it's uses? How many of you have your own blogs? Who doesn't even know what a blog is? How many of you utilise blogs in your classes? I have seen the perfect opportunity this year for students to use blogs - some of you require students to journal their learning. A blog could be a great solution - you'd be teaching them to utilise Web 2.0, teaching them new skills (and yourself) and it's far cooler than typing it up on Word and printing it out! Blogger is an easy tool to use - I now have three blogs up and running and am having a great time. Even the technophobes amongst you could manage it. Have a go - your students will love being able to blog for class.
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