American high school students on blogging in English class Sunday, October 26, 2008

I searched the Internet for school blogs and came across an American high school where blogs are used in their English classes. These students are sophomore students which means that they are in their second year of high school. Most of them are 16 years of age. Check out the blog here. Here are two quotes from the students on their blogging experiences:


via Matt's Blog av Matt den 2007-05-31
Overall, the use of new belonging technology has greatly benefitted me this year. Essentially, educational belonging sites are virtual pools of opinion and information which you may give or take from as you please. They are sites which allow you to express your thoughts and rationalizations towards any given subject matter. Posting personal feelings and interpretations on these sites is not only beneficial to yourself, but to others as well. Considering how your posts can be found on a world-wide medium (the internet), any individual person from any individual region of the globe may respond to your thinking via commenting. In my opinion, commenting is the most important aspect of online belonging. This vital interaction is what allows you to view similar topics from very different opinions and perspectives.


via Nicole.P1.BHS av Nicole den 2007-06-07
As much as a pain these blogs were, it was helpful. Especially the blog were we had to read each others' blogs who read the same book as us. It was good for me. Because reading other peoples thoughts of the book and getting different points of views was good because it expanded my thinking range about the book and made me get an open mind while reading the book. It helped me. It's funny because no one is the same, but when you discuss something with a group of people you might find some people in that group are curious about the same thing you are. They may have the same questions, and they might interpret the book in the same way. It's interesting how it works when discussing topics with people, which goes back to reading other kids' blogs about Farenheit 451. It made me see things differently and look at the book in another way and make connections to maybe other things I've learned outside of English class. I liked the blogging because it was a way to make your opinions your own and read everyone's thoughts instead of in class discussing where only certain people who feel like it raise their hands.