Blogs are a great way to have an interactive sequence with students. Interactive sequence can be defined as how to get students discussing concepts and issues. I have struggled with this throughout my teaching career. How do you get 20 plus students in one room to start brainstorming orally about different topics and issues that are not necessarily meaningful to them?
1. All students have a blog set up for class.
2. Start with an anticipatory set, ie "Imagine living in a village or town where the nearest doctor is 2 hours away and you do not have a car, train, or any motorized way to get there. How would you get to the doctor?"
3. Have students write their answers or ideas down on the blog post and publish it. Give them a couple of minutes to do this activity.
4. Then have a student make a comment on another student's blog post.
5. Allow time for students to read comments on their posts.
6. Lastly have students repeat answers of their classmates out loud.
The advantage of this instead of Think-Pair-Share is you will draw in the students who avoid verbal situations at all costs.
I have seen this system work today and I was so excited to find another discussion method instead of verbal Think-Pair-Share. Let me know what you think? How would you tweak my method?
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