----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jay Livingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:50 AM Subject: Re: TEACHSOC: Class blogs
> OOPS!In my last post I meant the Blackboard discussions are graded > subjectively, balanced by objective grades of exams. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Livingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Teaching Sociology" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:24 AM > Subject: TEACHSOC: Class blogs > > >> >> >> A few weeks ago, Andi Stepnick posted something about having students >> post journal entries to WebCT. I'm curious as to how this works because >> I was thinking of doing something similar. Many years ago, back in the >> pre-Internet dark ages, I had students keep journals. I required two >> entries each week. In each journal entry, students were to try to link >> an idea from the course to something specific from their first-hand >> experience. It worked well with some students, but having to read and >> comment on so much handwritten material was burdensome. >> >> So I was thinking of having students do something similar now but on >> Blackboard -- a sort of collective blog. Each student could see what >> others were posting, and they could make comments. Perhaps discussions >> would get started. >> >> I wonder if others have experience with class blogs, and how anyone >> thinks something like this would work, what problems might arise, how it >> would be graded, etc. Any suggestions? >> >> >> Jay Livingston >> Montclair State University >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
