I have had a bit of a play with making my blog and will work on it over the next few weeks. For me, I don't think I would do a blog unless it was for something like this, when travelling or something where I feel the need to record my thoughts, experiences etc. I have never been much of a diary keeper - don't have anything interesting to say. I do find blogs from authors etc interesting though. The difference between a blog and a wiki is that a blog is written by one - I think of it as an online diary - where a wiki is a collaboration of thoughts and ideas.
I would like to play around with blogs and wikis next year with the Year 7s in particular as a way of recording their learning. Traditionally they have created a CD and while that is ok, I think that blogs and wikis could really make this more interesting for the kids as well as a way of enabling more collaboration with families. I really like the idea of kids doing a personal project of their choice as a wiki and receiving feedback and suggestions, ideas from their teacher, family and friends. I'd also like to investigate a wiki as a way of organising my library resources etc. I know this has already been done by some of the other teacher librarians and they look great. Unfortunately it has come down to time for me - it is on my list of things to do, but gets shuffled down as something more urgent comes up. My aim is to get something going by the end of the year. S
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