The five blogs I read have a broad variety of genres. Why I Don’t Assign Homework is a scholarly blog that challenges the norm about homework. The author has expressed his opinion about homework. The information, being a from a research done on a masters thesis, lends credibility to the author while he invites other educators to rethink their position on homework. Commenting allows the author to gather different views from participating educators. In Mrs. Edmison's Class: Questions for One of Our Favorite Authors: Grace Lin I thought it was interesting how the teacher interacts with the author. This blog is written in an interactive style of genre where the author has to respond to the educator.
Blogging lingo is made up of abbreviations of common phrases. An example is the "afai" family. Afai stands for "As Far As I. . ." and has several common variations such as afaic (As Far As I'm Concerned), afaics (As Far As I Can See), afaik (As Far As I Know). Blog writing is similar to texting, twitter, etc.
The foregoing forebodes that blogging literacy is very important because the abbreviations can throw one off and as a result the reading would make no sense making the reader disinterested.
As an educator I feel that students hwo do not have a good command of English are being short changed. They extensively use the abbreviations in class writing.
CoolCatTeacher (Vicki Davis): Spies Like Us informs fellow educators about the dangers of technology in the classroom. Teachers should be aware of portable technology that students can use to undermine them.
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It is important to realize that people who use imspeak in their blogs are excluding people who do not speak English as a first language. We consider it rude and innappropriate on our projects for precisely that reason. Excellent reflections and writings here and congratulations on your pursuit of the 23 things! What a great program it is!
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