I feel that active learning and collaborative learning would both work well with blogs in the classroom. Students are most likely active at texting and using social networking sites and do so in groups with chat. So, they can apply those skills to the use of blogs in the classroom.
Independent practice could not be used for classroom blogs. Without the intervention of the instructor, blogs could get very inappropriate and mean spirited.
With a clear set of parameters and my supervision, I could see blogs working in my band classes to discuss how to make things that we are working on in class better, as a historical discussion tool that we don't always get to in class, and a general sharing of ideas as it relates to what we are working on in the classroom.
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You have some great ideas about how to use a blog in the classroom. When you say that it can be used as a discussion tool on how to make things better in class, do you mean making rehearsal technique better or making specific musical items better?
ReplyDeleteI feel that it can be used for both items. The students can comment on how they can better themselves to remain engaged in the rehearsal and also how to better express the music to the audience (convey the message of the music).
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