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]]> By: linzel http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/06/post-script-on-student-blogging-think-aloud/#comment-128 linzel Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:38:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=154#comment-128 Just one thing.....<br/>In science I can make my expectations quite clear for an online portfolio/lab journal. Calculate this, show that...conclude. As long as the directions are clear they can handle it. The trouble lies in asking them to THINK like a scientist. The HOW are you going to measure, analyze etc. <br/>Isn't blogging inherently tough in a Social Science scene? Its by nature application/creative. Thats tough stuff! <br/>So where are we going to place the goal lines? <br/>I just thought this up....are grade levels fading/melding? Does the learning process end in June every year? Or should we be thinking about this in a new way as well? We do call/want them to be 'life-long learners' don't we? <br/>Seemz we gotz 'lotz of thinkin' tu du! <br/>James Just one thing…..
In science I can make my expectations quite clear for an online portfolio/lab journal. Calculate this, show that…conclude. As long as the directions are clear they can handle it. The trouble lies in asking them to THINK like a scientist. The HOW are you going to measure, analyze etc.
Isn’t blogging inherently tough in a Social Science scene? Its by nature application/creative. Thats tough stuff!
So where are we going to place the goal lines?
I just thought this up….are grade levels fading/melding? Does the learning process end in June every year? Or should we be thinking about this in a new way as well? We do call/want them to be ‘life-long learners’ don’t we?
Seemz we gotz ‘lotz of thinkin’ tu du!
James

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