Vlogging and Blogging with Students
Amie Adams argued in her blog post 3 Reasons to get your Students Vlogging or Blogging This Year that: “ Regardless of your age, we’ve probably all written similar essays: personal narratives, persuasive letters, and responses to books of literary merit. So why do writing assignments continue to stay the same when our students’ world has so drastically changed?” So why are we, as educators, creating writing assignments that continue to stay the same? What do we need to change and adapt in our planning and practice for our twenty first century learners in our classrooms? How can we create writing assignments that are engaging for our students and encourages student voice? Choosing to introduce vlogging and blogging with our students, may seem overwhelming at first however, our students may be more comfortable vlogging and blogging then we may be aware of. With the use the social media, many of our students are documenting their daily lives through Instagra...
