Sunday, November 8, 2009

Idea for Project

I always want my students to have a real audience for their writing. I have considered ways to do this online in the past. For example, I thought students could post writing on my website; however, this made me nervous. Who could see the writing? How could I make it the students' responsibility to publish (rather than my own)? Plus, I want the students to have the opportunity to receive feedback from their peers about this writing. Still, I wonder how I will monitor this feedback. I would love to create a poetry blog for my students. It would be awesome if they could record themselves reading the poems as well. I'd like the blog to be an online text for students to not only publish poetry, but also learn elements of poetry. For example, as we discuss figurative language, I could ask students to find metaphors within students' writing. They could demonstrate this understanding by posting comments on the blog. This may be my final project for this course.

1 comment:

  1. That is a great idea! I like the idea of them getting feedback from each other. I think it could really create some good focus on the creator's part.
    I wonder, though, about the terminally shy students. Would they choose to not do the project and get a zero rather than put themselves out there? That could be not only a project, but a thesis. :)

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