Question: An attempt to
integrate blogs into pre-service training of teachers. Why did it fail?
Answer/Quote: “Our
assumptions were problematic in a couple of ways. First, we inadvertently
lumped our students together, considering all of them to be tech savvy and
anxious to spend more time on the computer to create community. Second, we now
realize that the majority of the students who came to us already tech-savvy
benefited little from this addition to our course, and more from the other
instruction taking place. Teaching is always a humbling experience for us.
Luckily, we get to take a step back, look at what we have found, and try again,
hopefully learning from our mistakes.” P. 334.
Comment: I guess this attempt to integrate blogging
into teaching failed because the teachers did not find out what the students
knew and felt about the technology. They also failed to discover what the
students wanted from the course. Pretty basic stuff. I applaud the authors for
explaining why they failed. RayS.
Title: “Learning from Our Mistakes: What
Matters When Incorporating Blogging in the Content Area Literacy Classroom.” H
Hungerford-Kresser, J Wiggins and C Amaro-Jimenez. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (December 2011/January 2012), 326-335.
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