Blogging with Students

Because of our technology class, I decided to integrate our novel study with the skill of blogging.  Students were instructed how to set up a blog on Edublogs and then had to write reflections about The Hunger Games.  Students were much more engaged in this writing activity online than writing with paper and pencil.  They relished creating their own designs and having other students read their work.  I linked their blogs to our class Wiki.  I am going to use this strategy more often - especially with building background knowledge.