ECOO 2009 Conference :: Forum

This session will focus on creating and sustaining blogging communities. I will explore the importance of expressive writing, the role of the teacher, and the steps required to engage students in using their blogs to build an online community of inquiry. I also intend to share examples of student work and my thoughts on 21classes - the blogging platform that I currently use in my class.

I will also briefly address the idea of classrooms as third places. If you are interested in this concept, please take a look at my presentation on this topic:

http://www.slideshare.net/teachandlearn/classrooms-as-third-places 

I do not expect to have time to address assessment and evaluation. If you are interested in the strategies I use to assess and evaluate student work composed in the context of an online blogging community, please take a look at the following presentation:

http://blip.tv/file/430904/

If you are interested in learning more about 21classes as a blogging portal designed to support class communities of inquiry, please take a look at this blog entry. This discussion thread is also worth checking out.

- Konrad