Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Lesson 4- A Time for Reflection
WOW! I really have enjoyed learning about blogging! I was new to this and I have already gained a ton of knowledge. I think there are many benefits to classroom blogging. I think a strong benefit of blogging is the sharing of work and ideas. Everyone can see the hard work you are doing and reflect on the progress that others have made. Being an instrumental music teacher, I feel I can still use blogs in my classroom. I feel that I can use them as a tool to work with the parents and to have students share their thoughts about their education. We can use it to communicate ways of improving instruction, sharing new pieces, and providing links to other educational sites.
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I like your ideas of using blogging in music class!
I agree with your ideas about collaboration and sharing as being vital to learning. In science, it is also essential that the students be able to express themselves and communicate their ideas. As I commented in my reflection, I feel that a blog would be a great way to share data and conclusions from labs and experiments. With the ability to access this information and share their own findings in a (technological) format that most would prefer.
I like your idea about including parents in your blog. It's a great way to open the lines of communication between home and school. I was thinking that you may also want to use a blog to link to different music sites to introduce students to different genres of music. You could then have them comment on whether they like the music or not and what they think is interesting about it.
Your ideas for utilizing blogging with instrumental music students are great! I think parents would definitely appreciate blogging as a communication tool between home and school and could provide a way for students to share their thoughts and reflections about music!
Great ideas on using blogging with Music students. I also like the idea of including the parents and introducing new genres of music. The students own performances could also be shared with podcasts and then viewed by a wider audience.
I like the idea of using the blog for communication with the parents. That is something that would be great for my position too. (I am a Reading Recovery teacher).
I'm with you....I think that blogging will add another form of involvement for the students, teachers, and parents we work with.
I think it would be great if you were able to draw in parents and students in communication outside of your instrumental lesson time. I look forward to seeing you use blogging with your students and families.
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