tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590105980864822497.post2482296762857331940..comments2024-03-20T06:54:19.003-04:00Comments on Seeking Six: Assessment or I'm Perpetually Behind!Beth Scanlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013556968803038443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590105980864822497.post-74781919202497658352014-03-04T21:29:18.521-05:002014-03-04T21:29:18.521-05:00So much writing! What a gift you are giving all of...So much writing! What a gift you are giving all of your students with your responses! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590105980864822497.post-19977768095522101902014-03-04T21:28:17.718-05:002014-03-04T21:28:17.718-05:00It is nice to read about the impact of the SOLC on...It is nice to read about the impact of the SOLC on someone else. I, too, ended up taking this idea into a university classroom setting. Instead of blogging, though, I wrote a book of question prompts related to the topic I teach for my students to answer. I collect these books three times during the semester to comment on what the students have posted. For me, this is not a tedious chore. I love reading what students think and how they respond to the prompts. (I did start a blog, too, but I haven't kept up with it like I would like to.) Engaging students of any age to get them thinking and questioning things is so important. Bravo to you for what you are doing for your students!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590105980864822497.post-53784103758662593432014-03-04T20:56:04.184-05:002014-03-04T20:56:04.184-05:00Brian- Thanks for your ideas. In the scheme of th...Brian- Thanks for your ideas. In the scheme of things, it is 38 comments per week, but the students determined how they would like feedback from me as part of our grand experiment. We are co-collaborators in this process as we are figuring out how to best navigate the digital writing environment with our future students. What makes senses for teachers is a rolling schedule of responses. In the past when I have done this over a shorter period of time with my high school students, I have gotten the help of other adults in my learning community such as my dean to respond as well. Beth Scanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03013556968803038443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590105980864822497.post-51977261157655751682014-03-04T20:17:23.944-05:002014-03-04T20:17:23.944-05:00Playing devil's advocate with you...when I rea...Playing devil's advocate with you...when I read that you are forcing yourself to comment on every student blog, I'm wondering if you would have given feedback on 380 drafts on paper? I love that they write as much as they do, but I don't think that means that a teacher/professor has to take arms against a sea of blogs and comment on every one. How about one out of every four posts?<br /><br />Shouldn't part of the blog experience be on the readers to respond with each other (like a real audience)? Wouldn't it be more authentic to let students go by without blog comments (not feeback, mind you) if their writing did not draw a response from an audience? As far as feedback, how about asking students to reflect and confer with you about their blogs and the comments received, or lack of comments?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742836697284105094noreply@blogger.com