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Blogging as Pedagogy: Facilitate Learning

Blogging as Pedagogy: Facilitate Learning

Blogging should not be an add-on, not an isolated project, but should be seen as PEDAGOGY.

Ann Davis shared a definition of Pedagogy beyond a simple “method of teaching” (unfortunately I was not able to find a source of the definition… it seems to be floating around in so many spaces without a common attribution or source.)

The strategies, techniques, and approaches that teachers can use to facilitate learning.

Blogging can support the strategies, techniques and approaches to facilitate the learning in your classroom no matter what grade level, age group and subject area. Blogging supports four primary areas:

  1. Reading
  2. Writing
  3. Reflecting
  4. Sharing

In each one of these areas, blogging can be a strategy to facilitate learning

  1. Reading
  2. in digital spaces support students’ skills in our increasingly digital reading environment
  3. becomes a personalized content experience versus one size fits all approach
  4. turns into a collaborative and connected experience
  5. in digital spaces supports organization via archiving, categorizing and tagging of information
  6. blogs is the start that continues to deepen with writing on blogging platforms
  7. is part of research with non- linear platforms
  8. is an essential component of content curation
  9. supports content annotation which links to future writing
  10. Writing
  11. is about more than text (how do we communicate in a variety of media forms?)
  12. gives students choices to communicate ideas in different media platforms
  13. on a blog is writing for an audience
  14. is about a conversation through commenting
  15. becomes multi-layered and non-linear by using hyperlinks to connect ideas, concepts and resources
  16. in digital spaces give students skills for our increasingly digital world
  17. Reflecting
  18. can’t be just for reflection sake, but needs to drive improvement
  19. is the basis of re-evaluating your teaching and practices
  20. techniques can be supported by Making Thinking Visible Routines
  21. is part of a meta-cognitive (thinking about your thinking) process
  22. Sharing
  23. is part of the feedback loop
  24. is an integral part of the process of learning
  25. is how you disseminate your students’ work to a global audience
  26. as a technique of building and maintaining a digital footprint
  27. is the foundation of a remix culture

How are you using blogging as a strategy, a technique and an approach to facilitate learning? Let’s make it visible for others contemplating blogging with their students?

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