http://donnadesroches.ca/2008/04/19/creating-critical-consumers/ Learning and Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:15:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://donnadesroches.ca/2008/04/19/creating-critical-consumers/#comment-3917 Donna DesRoches Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:10:34 +0000 http://classroomtechtips.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-3917 Morag - good point. I think writing a good comment takes skill and needs to be taught. Your comment sent me on a search and I found this great link from Anne Davis, http://adavis.pbwiki.com/Significant+Comments, where she talks about the importance of comments and gives some very practical suggestions for teaching students how to make comment that make a difference. Morag – good point. I think writing a good comment takes skill and needs to be taught. Your comment sent me on a search and I found this great link from Anne Davis, http://adavis.pbwiki.com/Significant+Comments, where she talks about the importance of comments and gives some very practical suggestions for teaching students how to make comment that make a difference.

]]> http://donnadesroches.ca/2008/04/19/creating-critical-consumers/#comment-3916 Morag Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:46:10 +0000 http://classroomtechtips.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-3916 This is specifically about blogs. I'm not sure how to define this but I also find a need for students to think about what they are saying. I'm blogging with grade 2-6 students and in the area of making comments I still have some students who'll post a comment just for the sake of posting a comment. I realize this is partially my fault as we have to spend more time on quality comments but it is hard to get the students not to just type out the first thing in their heads. We need a writing process for blog (or other application) comments as well as for blog entries. This is specifically about blogs. I’m not sure how to define this but I also find a need for students to think about what they are saying. I’m blogging with grade 2-6 students and in the area of making comments I still have some students who’ll post a comment just for the sake of posting a comment. I realize this is partially my fault as we have to spend more time on quality comments but it is hard to get the students not to just type out the first thing in their heads. We need a writing process for blog (or other application) comments as well as for blog entries.

]]> http://donnadesroches.ca/2008/04/19/creating-critical-consumers/#comment-3913 Priscilla Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:48:29 +0000 http://classroomtechtips.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-3913 I completely agree! I know that students need these skills, but we sometimes are forgetting to enforce them in our lessons when we really should be. If we can embed them into the lesson, as part of the lesson itself or the assignment, then students are more likely to take it seriously, and begin to consider these things on a regular basis (and hopefully on their own time). Thanks for posting the video, too! :-) I completely agree! I know that students need these skills, but we sometimes are forgetting to enforce them in our lessons when we really should be. If we can embed them into the lesson, as part of the lesson itself or the assignment, then students are more likely to take it seriously, and begin to consider these things on a regular basis (and hopefully on their own time). Thanks for posting the video, too!

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