Blogs in Education

I have been exploring the uses that classroom teachers make of blogs.  There are some really neat examples of blogs being used in classroom settings in Australia.  Here are a few examples of different ways they are used:

http://thesmarties2.blogspot.com.au/

http://bookwrap.edublogs.org/

http://mullumwriters.blogspot.com.au/

http://mrsksclass.edublogs.org/#

Computers and Technology in Education 2013

This blog has been set up for a course in Computers and Technology in Education, for trainee teachers, at Tabor Adelaide.  The goal is for these prospective teachers to see and explore the educational theory behind student and teacher blogging, and get ideas for their future career. 

Among other things, the course will examine the pedagogical value of a number of Web 2.0 tools, including blogs, wikis, pod/vodcasts and social media.  It will also venture into other useful applications of computers and technology in the classroom, and for teaching professionals.

The students taking this course will be creating their own blogs, reflecting on their learning experiences and the use of technology in education. 


There has been a large body of research in the use of these tools in education, and how they enable and require students to reach the levels of higher order thinking associated whith the upper levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.  Check out this paper, from researchers at Deakin University in Victoria:
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30019271