Sunday, April 5, 2015
EDRDG Spring 2015
I am Dana Sharp. I live in Pensacola, Florida. I am a mother, wife, teacher, student, and avid beach-goer. After this semester, I am two classes from obtaining my master's degree in Elementary Education. While the learning has been interesting and mostly helpful to my career, I am ready to be done for awhile and relax!
The process of writing is greatly affected by the use of technology, especially in the areas of editing and digital literacy. I've found that when a student must revise his writing, he becomes reluctant to write. Students do NOT want to start all over! Blogging makes the editing process less painful and when a child learns to "cut, paste, copy", it's a breeze. This also allows students to become accepting of constructive criticism, both giving and receiving. In the article "Blogging as a Means of Crafting Writing" (Lacina and Griffith), the authors talk about how blogging, while still used mainly as a form of self-expression, allows students to become mindful of and connected to their audience, more so than non-bloggers. Student-bloggers also take ownership of their writing process and their blogs contain a variety of genres of writing. (Lacina & Griffith)
There are pros and cons to publishing student writing on the Internet. The cons would be how they must be able to accept constructive and maybe not-so-constructive criticism. Students must also be able to realize that not all comments are meant to improve their writing, but are an opinion on their writing. There are many pros to publishing student writing online. One pro is that students can learn to give and accept constructive criticism. In the article "Writing Between the Lines", the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) need to be able to critique and analyze not only their own writing, but the writings of peers, which will improve upon their writing. Students who publish their writing online will also gain a global audience, according to Jason Rhode, Ph.D. ("Blogging in the Classroom"). To me, this means that they will appreciate that "the world" is following them and reading (paying attention to) what they are writing. As a teacher, I would hope that this will make them more aware of not only the mechanics of their writing, but also of the content and construction of their writing.
Blogging can be used by teachers and students, often in collaboration. For example, the teacher can set up the blog site and link her student's work within the site (Ms. Yollis' Classroom Blog). The writing benefits, as stated earlier, will be mainly benefited during the editing process. This type of editing will make it more "user-friendly" for the student during the revising process. Also, writing and commenting on other's writing can beneficial as digital technology links ELA to the students world, which is surrounded by digital media of all types.
There are many types of writing involved with commenting and blogging. Students can express themselves, publish their own writings, gain a forum for receiving feedback, writing collaboratively, and connects the home literacy to the school literacy. (Lacina & Griffith)
The process of writing is greatly affected by the use of technology, especially in the areas of editing and digital literacy. I've found that when a student must revise his writing, he becomes reluctant to write. Students do NOT want to start all over! Blogging makes the editing process less painful and when a child learns to "cut, paste, copy", it's a breeze. This also allows students to become accepting of constructive criticism, both giving and receiving. In the article "Blogging as a Means of Crafting Writing" (Lacina and Griffith), the authors talk about how blogging, while still used mainly as a form of self-expression, allows students to become mindful of and connected to their audience, more so than non-bloggers. Student-bloggers also take ownership of their writing process and their blogs contain a variety of genres of writing. (Lacina & Griffith)
There are pros and cons to publishing student writing on the Internet. The cons would be how they must be able to accept constructive and maybe not-so-constructive criticism. Students must also be able to realize that not all comments are meant to improve their writing, but are an opinion on their writing. There are many pros to publishing student writing online. One pro is that students can learn to give and accept constructive criticism. In the article "Writing Between the Lines", the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) need to be able to critique and analyze not only their own writing, but the writings of peers, which will improve upon their writing. Students who publish their writing online will also gain a global audience, according to Jason Rhode, Ph.D. ("Blogging in the Classroom"). To me, this means that they will appreciate that "the world" is following them and reading (paying attention to) what they are writing. As a teacher, I would hope that this will make them more aware of not only the mechanics of their writing, but also of the content and construction of their writing.
Blogging can be used by teachers and students, often in collaboration. For example, the teacher can set up the blog site and link her student's work within the site (Ms. Yollis' Classroom Blog). The writing benefits, as stated earlier, will be mainly benefited during the editing process. This type of editing will make it more "user-friendly" for the student during the revising process. Also, writing and commenting on other's writing can beneficial as digital technology links ELA to the students world, which is surrounded by digital media of all types.
There are many types of writing involved with commenting and blogging. Students can express themselves, publish their own writings, gain a forum for receiving feedback, writing collaboratively, and connects the home literacy to the school literacy. (Lacina & Griffith)
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