Posted on July 23, 2008 by ictied
Grading and reading all the blogs of a whole class could be quite time consuming – but is it necessary to read everything.
the reason most teachers forgo blogging in large classrooms is that reading
and grading and responding to hundreds of blog posts every week seems impossibly
time consuming and counterproductive. Students are accustomed to the idea that
their written assignments are graded on a timely basis, and despite the size of
the course, may expect that if they spend the time writing, they should be
getting a response.
One of the reasons that blogging is pedagogically such a nice tool is that it
takes the focus off of the instructor, and your evaluation policy should reflect
this. Like all writers, students want feedback on their work, and indeed, that
sort of feedback is often what motivates bloggers outside of the class context.
In each of my courses, I require students to comment on each others blogs as
well as write in their own. |
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