Comments on: Will Richardson has got concerns http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/01/02/will-richardson-has-got-concerns/ I'm here to learn, join me Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Tubbs http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/01/02/will-richardson-has-got-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-13181 James Tubbs Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:29:32 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/01/02/will-richardson-has-got-concerns/#comment-13181 I have to disagree with Will on many fronts as well. To me, blogs are an excellent way to get students publishing DIGITAL products to a wider audience. Dioramas (often the product of many student projects) are nice, but more and more I think students need to be producing digital artifacts, and blogs make this possible. I teach fifth grade in one of the highest performing districts in my state (the high school is one of the best in the nation) and I still work very hard to get my students to learn the basics. To think that they're going to be reading news from across the web (through RSS feeds), remixing it, and then publishing it to the world is wishful thinking. These kids have enough homework as it is, and on top of that they are taking music lessons, playing sports, and spending time with friends and family. Furthermore, I have tried to create a community of learners (Scribe Posts) with my blogging community, but the kids just don't seem interested. If John has a choice between commenting on Suzie's blog or playing his PS2, he'll choose the latter. I have so much more to say, but very little time. Jamie Tubbs misterteacher.blogspot.com I have to disagree with Will on many fronts as well. To me, blogs are an excellent way to get students publishing DIGITAL products to a wider audience. Dioramas (often the product of many student projects) are nice, but more and more I think students need to be producing digital artifacts, and blogs make this possible.

I teach fifth grade in one of the highest performing districts in my state (the high school is one of the best in the nation) and I still work very hard to get my students to learn the basics. To think that they’re going to be reading news from across the web (through RSS feeds), remixing it, and then publishing it to the world is wishful thinking. These kids have enough homework as it is, and on top of that they are taking music lessons, playing sports, and spending time with friends and family.

Furthermore, I have tried to create a community of learners (Scribe Posts) with my blogging community, but the kids just don’t seem interested. If John has a choice between commenting on Suzie’s blog or playing his PS2, he’ll choose the latter.

I have so much more to say, but very little time.

Jamie Tubbs
misterteacher.blogspot.com

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