Paper blogs are a great way of practising blogging. Peter had a a great lesson with his class using paper blogs to practise both blogs and commenting on blogs using paper. This was the lesson plan that Peter used:
1. Each student started a blog page (on a blank sheet of paper) - named their blog and started a discussion topic of their choosing
2. Students pretended they were alone at their computer, read blogs and posted their comment/s (pass it to the next student)
3. Give 3 minutes (adjust according to your students) to read the blog and comment/add to the discussion.
4. repeat 2&3 a couple of times (stick another sheet on the page if needed)
5. Each student checks for comments on their blog (i.e. they get their own page back) and and continue the discussion after reading the comments made by others.
Timing was adjusted to allow for extra reading time
5. We did two more swap cycles @5min each. Some students in the later swaps got a blog page back that they already had made a comment on. This enabled them to see how others responded to their comments and develop from there.
6. Final comments made by the student on their own page to wrap the activity up. They uploaded (drew) a relevant picture to enhance their blog
Students were engaged - understanding of the process was developed!
Have you any great ideas on teaching blogging to students? It would be great to share them!
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