http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/week-one-in-the-bag/ vertigo-inducing since '07 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/week-one-in-the-bag/#comment-6 kmiddleton Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:08:16 +0000 http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/week-one-in-the-bag/#comment-6 Your solution makes sense to me, and intutively I want to say that there is real pedagogical value in communal writing. Your other point, though, is structural--how do we make it more clear that this is an integral part of the class, so that students know when they register? Your solution makes sense to me, and intutively I want to say that there is real pedagogical value in communal writing. Your other point, though, is structural–how do we make it more clear that this is an integral part of the class, so that students know when they register?

]]> http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/week-one-in-the-bag/#comment-4 jenn Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:50:34 +0000 http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/week-one-in-the-bag/#comment-4 I've had very similar experiences with the students being surprised about the online component -- even though, with my 251 class, I listed blogging and writing for the web as types of writing we'd be doing. But I wonder too how to make this more explicit in the course description. I will be interesting to see how this plays out (again this semester) because not a single student in the class has any experience blogging (not even a myspace or livejournal type of blog), and some are completely unfamiliar with what a blog even is -- though I'd say about five (of 18) said that they've read other people's blogs. I'd love to know how we spread the willingness to jump in. The way I'm going to try to handle it this semester is spend more in-class time blogging. -- especially in these first three to four weeks. I'm trying to slow it down this semester, working with them more in class to ensure their comfort level with this new (to them) form of writing. I’ve had very similar experiences with the students being surprised about the online component — even though, with my 251 class, I listed blogging and writing for the web as types of writing we’d be doing. But I wonder too how to make this more explicit in the course description. I will be interesting to see how this plays out (again this semester) because not a single student in the class has any experience blogging (not even a myspace or livejournal type of blog), and some are completely unfamiliar with what a blog even is — though I’d say about five (of 18) said that they’ve read other people’s blogs. I’d love to know how we spread the willingness to jump in. The way I’m going to try to handle it this semester is spend more in-class time blogging. — especially in these first three to four weeks. I’m trying to slow it down this semester, working with them more in class to ensure their comfort level with this new (to them) form of writing.

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