The blogosphere is fantastically good at the business of talk. As we know, those conversations can be stimulating, thought-provoking, challenging—all ingredients for quality learning. But they can also be navel-gazing, myopic, narrow, and inconsequen...

BTW, I can understand that from your perspective we teachers seem like a permanent presence, but don’t forget that we too come and go - we just hang around in schools for a wee bit longer ]]> http://students2oh.org/2007/12/11/the-future-of-student-bloggers/#comment-163 Sean "The Bass Player" Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:01:29 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2007/12/11/the-future-of-student-bloggers/#comment-163 <b>Scott:</b> thank you for seeing the importance of what we are trying to achieve here. <b>Diane:</b> I also believe that there will be a place for college bloggers, and I think that these college bloggers could also contribute well with the high school side of things. I'm glad you think that we will always have a say, I would love to continue blogging on the subject in later years, and as Clay says below, we will certainly still be <i>here</i> with the power of comments. <b>Arthus:</b> Thanks for the response dude! Evolution happens all the time, with everything so in that respect it is inevitable. I hope so too, quality student writing can be very inspiring... even just reading all your guys posts inspires me. This is something I would hate to see lost at any point in the future. <b>Clay:</b> I'm so glad that we are paving the way, anything to make the future easier for student bloggers is a boost. Thanks for the sentiment Clay, I will always be here posting comments of support... and of critiscism, as both are very important. I will try sharing more music, and video... if you guys will have it! And I will try and bring my "creative mind" to use with this project as much as I can. Thanks Clay, I shall note that post idea. The beard is on the mend... Unfortunately, I'm replying in school and that's the period finished, so I will have to reply to the other comments later in the day. Thanks for all your responses. Scott: thank you for seeing the importance of what we are trying to achieve here.

Diane: I also believe that there will be a place for college bloggers, and I think that these college bloggers could also contribute well with the high school side of things. I’m glad you think that we will always have a say, I would love to continue blogging on the subject in later years, and as Clay says below, we will certainly still be here with the power of comments.

Arthus: Thanks for the response dude! Evolution happens all the time, with everything so in that respect it is inevitable. I hope so too, quality student writing can be very inspiring... even just reading all your guys posts inspires me. This is something I would hate to see lost at any point in the future.

Clay: I’m so glad that we are paving the way, anything to make the future easier for student bloggers is a boost. Thanks for the sentiment Clay, I will always be here posting comments of support... and of critiscism, as both are very important.

I will try sharing more music, and video... if you guys will have it! And I will try and bring my “creative mind” to use with this project as much as I can. Thanks Clay, I shall note that post idea.

The beard is on the mend...

Unfortunately, I’m replying in school and that’s the period finished, so I will have to reply to the other comments later in the day. Thanks for all your responses.

I don’t know what they’re doing in New Zealand, but it’s definitely working... If you Students2.0 folks have any sense (and have looked at Cheyenne’s online presence) you’ll realise that the future is going to take care of itself... and you’d better get Cheyenne signed up as soon as possible because if you don’t you’re going to have a serious rival!
Great conversation! ]]> http://students2oh.org/2007/12/11/the-future-of-student-bloggers/#comment-120 Molly Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:33:23 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2007/12/11/the-future-of-student-bloggers/#comment-120 Sean, I think Cheyenne's response has provided you with your answer! When we as teachers share that we are learning from "kids", we empower our own students to share their own unique perspectives and find their voice. By showcasing high-quality student writing, with well-reasoned arguments and thought processes, we provide a model and standard that so that students know what to aim for. Many of our students only have MySpace, Twitter, and FaceBook as models; while powerful social networks, they are rarely examples of powerful broad-based communication on meaningful topics. And as you move on into college, I hope a subsequent iteration, maybe the "College 2.0" blog, serves as a tool to inform and motivate your university instructors as well :) Sean, I think Cheyenne’s response has provided you with your answer! When we as teachers share that we are learning from “kids”, we empower our own students to share their own unique perspectives and find their voice. By showcasing high-quality student writing, with well-reasoned arguments and thought processes, we provide a model and standard that so that students know what to aim for. Many of our students only have MySpace, Twitter, and FaceBook as models; while powerful social networks, they are rarely examples of powerful broad-based communication on meaningful topics.

And as you move on into college, I hope a subsequent iteration, maybe the “College 2.0″ blog, serves as a tool to inform and motivate your university instructors as well ]]> http://students2oh.org/2007/12/11/the-future-of-student-bloggers/#comment-114 Arthus Erea Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:30:51 +0000 http://students2oh.org/2007/12/11/the-future-of-student-bloggers/#comment-114 Cheyenne, You seem to be a very strong proporter of e-Portfolios and write very well on them. Perhaps you would like to be a guest poster on our blog? Maybe write post upon ePortfolios, a subject you are obviously passionate about it. If you would be interested, please email us at group@students2oh.org - we'd love to have you on board. Thanks for stopping by. Cheyenne,

You seem to be a very strong proporter of e-Portfolios and write very well on them.

Perhaps you would like to be a guest poster on our blog? Maybe write post upon ePortfolios, a subject you are obviously passionate about it. If you would be interested, please email us at group@students2oh.org - we’d love to have you on board.

Thanks for stopping by.

I am in Year 7 at school (11 years old) and I love using widgets and everything! I guess people generally assume that students aren’t capable of making blogs, wikis etc. so they don’t use them in their classrooms.

I believe that teachers should make the change from worksheets and excercise books, to technology and teaching computer literacy. Our parents and teachers are the last generation to choose whether or not they will be computer literate, and if they chose to not be, their students will be unprepared, for the future. Children and teenagers nowadays have to be computer literate. Almost every occupation and career will require skill and knowledge, to do with using computers.

Almost every student I know, prefers using computer programs to complete excercises and activities. The days of activity sheets, excercise books and textbooks are over. We ALL should make the switch to computers today!

I personally believe that having an ‘e-Portfolio’ is a much better option, with the choice of a paper, or internet portfolio. With an e-Portfolio, you can have people from all over the world look, comment and give feed-back on your work. With a paper portfolio, you are restricted to having a ‘triangulation’, teacher, parent and student, maybe a relative or two to look at the folder.

The big difference between an e-Portfolio and a paper portfolio, is the fact that paper portfolios are filled with assesment and test results, but an e-Portfolio rather has feed-back, or feed-forward. I would prefer to have feed-back and what I could do better next time, rather than a selection of test results. The point of tests is to see how you have improved, but why not improve by receiving feed-back and feed-forward from students, teachers and parents alike from all around the world?

Cheyenne

This needs to get mainstream and then it will definitely take off. In a world there are so many people, so many voices, generations of kids to be heard. Blogging has become a quick and powerful form of communication when taken seriously. I hope it stays that way with the evolution of the internet and web 2.0