I created my blog site for my digital photography class this week. It wasn’t difficult at all. However, I failed to realize I had created two accounts; one from my yahoo account and the other was from my digital photography g-mail email account. I was a bit confused when I saw two profiles listed on the group blog site. So, I am using my personal yahoo account for the group blog site and used my class email account to establish the blog site.
It was fairly easy to upload a photo example and create a layout I thought was appealing for my class. I still have to play with the features available a little more but I like the way it looks so far.
I felt using blogging in my 8th grade digital photography would be ideal. I created a collaborative group lesson where each group chose a style/field of photography from a list of photography styles to research. In addition to their research they have to create student photo examples of the styles/fields using the tips from their research. Each group will have a blog page to post their research of the field/style of photography along with their student examples. The class has 9 groups with 3 students each so each student will be responsible for posting comments to 8 of the group blog pages. I am hoping it will get them engaged and interested in blogging. I will also review my expectation of their posts and give examples of positive responses.
Your class seems perfect for using a blog Nailah. Digital photography can pretty fun for students nowadays, especially since kids have a digital camera with them almost everywhere. Kids can take picture with their phones and easily upload them to the blog. I think your students will enjoy this.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Ivan