Many student blogging projects that I found were from college students discussing their experiences and day-to-day life in the college environment. As many of my students are high school juniors and seniors and much of their lives are consumed by choosing the right college to attend, I feel that reading/interacting with student blogs from colleges they are considering could be very helpful. An example from Cornell University:
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov06/student.blogs.dea.html
Also, for those high-achieving students who are considering careers that require grad school, there are some great student blogs that really give a clear picture of what is required on a daily basis. http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/fall06.html
I think I'd like to use this idea in my own high school courses. For students who are considering taking courses offered by our department or to give introductory students an idea of what is entailed in an advanced course, exposure to other students' blogs could be helpful. Finding out about what's going on in the classroom could really give them more information than the usual one paragraph description in a course catalog.
2 comments:
Great idea! I've often thought about setting up something for the teachers I work with to find a mentor who is doing what they want to do.
Lee Anne
Thanks for the links. I will check them out!
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