Reading+Blogs


 * Reading Blogs **

Reading other people's blogs is great for three reasons:
 * 1) You can learn from other people's writing, and it also gives a measure of competition in trying to equal or better the standard of writing. Alan November in his keynote to the Learning @ School Conference in 2010 remarked on how students want to emulate or better the work they see of other students, so this is great motivation.
 * 2) When you read other people's blogs and add a comment, you start to generate a conversation and your blog becomes truly interactive - that is the intention of web 2.0 tools - to collaborate and share to build the knowledge and the conversation.
 * 3) This is an authentic reading activity - it provides the reading material, but also the follow up activity with no teacher preparation time required. The follow up activity is to leave a feedback / feed forward comment for the writer. In commenting on other people's writing we also develop our own writing skills, and can focus in more on the criteria for effective writing.

To find blogs to read at your level of the school, check out the Register interest page or check out some of these blogs below.

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 * Country || School || Teacher Name || Class level || Blog address ||
 * NZ || CORE Education Ltd || Jill Hammonds || (Proj coordinator) || [|http://blogalong.posterous.com] ||
 * NZ || Hatea-a-Rangi School || Samantha Thompson || Y1-2 ||  ||
 * NZ || Kuranui Primary School || Katreena Daniels || Y1-2 || [] ||
 * NZ || Tauhei || Gaylene Brown || Yr 5-6 ||  ||
 * NZ || ST Marys School Hokitika || Kate Schroder || Yr 1/2 ||  ||
 * NZ || Putauaki Primary || Jeanette Murphy || (PeaK-ICT Facilitator) Y6-Y7 || http://elearnersteamatputauaki.wikispaces.com/
 * NZ || Saint Kentigern School || Louise Miles || Yr 7 ||  ||
 * NZ || Waipaoa Station School || Julie Tumarae || Y1 - 7 || [|http://waipaoastationschool.blogspot.com] ||
 * NZ || Kilbirnie School || Kristy Inns || Y2-3 || [] ||
 * NZ || Kilbirnie School || Faye Rhodes || Yr 1 || @http://kilbirnieroom3.blogtown.co.nz/ ||
 * NZ || Shelly Park Primary || Ruth Aw || Yr 0/1 || [] ||
 * NZ || Maungaraki School || Micheline Evans || Yr 5 || [|http://maungaraki1.blogspot.com] ||
 * NZ || Te Puke Primary || David Ballantyne || Year 6 || http://roomfourtpps.blogspot.com ||