Classroom Blogging by Hilary Burchett

Digital Learners

Digital Age Learners need to have digital tools available for their learning style. Because today's youth are more media centered, many teachers find that blogs are a useful digital tool for collaboration among students, parents, and other teachers. Read the information on page 243 (6th edition) Education Issues
http://oc.course.com/sc/tdc6/index.cfm?action=issue&chapter=4 as well as the article by Marc Prensky
After reviewing the readings post your answers to the following questions:

1. Have some of these students rewired their brains to multitask?
2. Can they can read e-mails, send instant messages and text messages over handheld devices, speak to one another in short sentences, and continue to watch movies and participate in multiple conversations, all while finishing their homework?
3. When we try to place these students in the traditional learning environment, are we working against their cognitive or digital learning style?
4. What are your thoughts about this theory for this new generation of digital kids?
5. Do you see the differences in their learning?
6. What suggestions do you have for reaching them?
7. Give some suggestions and defend your answer.

Post your answers to Question Two here:

Blogging

According to Wikipedia -- A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.
An edublog is a blog written by someone with a stake in education. Examples might include blogs written by or for teachers, blogs maintained for the purpose of classroom instruction, or blogs written about educational policy.