Blogs
This year we will be doing a great amount of work on our scholantis blogs.
The power of blogs is in that it enables students to do several things:
1. Work in a medium that is "au-current"
2. Write for an audience (thereby ensuring students perform at a higher level)
3. Instead of having just a teacher's feedback, several of their peers can offer feedback
4. We will also engage in a discussion forum
5. Blogs are a democratizing way to share ones opinion.
The class has created a criteria sheet for blogs. Students will conduct a self evaluation and then Mr. Fitton will evaluate. This is to empower students to take ownership of their learning and to rise to their own expectations. On each self-evaluation is a mandatory section where students have to think met cognitively and determine what they need to do to improve (through examination of criteria, but also by seeing other peoples work and reading alternative ideas/opinions)
Here are the criteria.
The power of blogs is in that it enables students to do several things:
1. Work in a medium that is "au-current"
2. Write for an audience (thereby ensuring students perform at a higher level)
3. Instead of having just a teacher's feedback, several of their peers can offer feedback
4. We will also engage in a discussion forum
5. Blogs are a democratizing way to share ones opinion.
The class has created a criteria sheet for blogs. Students will conduct a self evaluation and then Mr. Fitton will evaluate. This is to empower students to take ownership of their learning and to rise to their own expectations. On each self-evaluation is a mandatory section where students have to think met cognitively and determine what they need to do to improve (through examination of criteria, but also by seeing other peoples work and reading alternative ideas/opinions)
Here are the criteria.
criteria_for_blog.docx | |
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A great handout on how to ensure you are responding well to other people's writing.
effectively_responding_to_a_peer_post_2021.pdf | |
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First Blog - Untouchables - See assignment under the 1920s Tab.