A BLOG (WEB LOG) is a type of website where you can instantly post your writing. Using web based blogging software and materials we can help each other too, anyone can easily publish their ideas on the BLOG from any computer with an Internet connection.
Students uses the blog as an online course management tool where s/he posts assignments, announcements, information and summaries of lessons:-
>A weekly topic is posted and each student posts their thoughts on the topic.
>Post articles relevant to the course.
>Students post their thoughts regarding articles.
>Class discussions on course readings and lectures.
>Students post their writing assignments and homework exercises.
>Students exchange information related to the course's subject.
>Students post comments, questions and advice about the course to Instructor and fellow students.
>Students post their thoughts on what they are learning.
>Students use the blog as a writing portfolio.
>Students read each other's rough drafts of writing assignments and give feedback.
>Students and Instructor discuss news related to the course's subject.
>Students discuss class activities.
>Online students can get to know each other by reading and commenting on each others blog entries.
Blogs are a hybrid of oral and written discourse. They are written, but in a casual atmosphere that reads like oral communication. Blog entries can stand alone as written communication but they also allow commentary from readers. Blogs are both monologues and dialogues. Each individual blog entry is a monologue of the author's ideas. When many authors blog together and comment on each other's entries, it becomes a dialogue.
As a form of writing for public consumption, blogs encourage people to more clearly express their ideas in depth than do emails and bulletin boards. Blogs encourage communication within a community of blog users, such as an online college class. Blogs deal with the process of exchanging ideas.I m going to start SMS system about our blog for easy updates to our BLOG.
Design features of Blogs appropriate to Online Architectural Discussions:-
>Blogs are available anywhere, anytime, to anyone that has a computer with internet access
>Wide variety of free blogging software on the web enables anyone to create a blog
>Easy to use for people with limited web skills
>Quick to update with new content.
>Non-time-synchronous, so they are convenient for people in different time zones
>Entries can be organized by topic or by date
>Individual Blogs can be easily linked to form communities so each person can keep track of everyone else in the community
>Everything is archived automatically so there is no loss of old discussions
>Most blogging software have search engines built in so you can search archived entries
>Flexible and easy to design, a variety of templates available
>Allows replies to entries, which are linked to the original entry, like threaded discussions in bulletin boards
>Friends, parents and other students can see blog entries; not just the students currently registered in the course as is the case with the bulletin boards in many course management tools
>Blogs can be continued after the class is over if the bloggers are still interested in communicating
>A person can easily upload a user photo that will be shown with every entry he/she posts. Online students separated by distance can see what other students look like to give them a feeling of being connected.
Pros
1.>Quick and easy way to create a class website
2.>More public form of communication than email so it encourages students to organize their thoughts more clearly before writing them
3.>Flexible, lots of uses
4.>Easy way to practice writing and improve writing skills
5.>Once students get in the habit of blogging for class, it is easy to continue writing because it is easy to create your own blog
6.>Give students a feeling of ownership
7.>Encourages class participation and discussion
8.>Encourages students who are shy about talking in class to share their ideas
9.>A place for students to express themselves and share information
10.>Easy for all students to read each other's writing
11.>Easy for instructor find out what the students think and feel about the class and the lesson content
12.>The class can share their writing with people outside of class.
13.>A place to collaborate on projects
Cons
1.>Takes time to keep a blog updated
2.>Writing may be more casual than assignments turned in by traditional methods. May encourage sloppy writing habits similar to email and instant messaging.
3.>Not all college courses have content that is appropriate for discussion and opinion essays
4.>May be difficult for some students who have lower computer skills]
5.>Some professors and/or students may not want to learn new technology
6.>Students may not blog if they are not required to because it takes time
7.>If students are required to blog but they do not have anything they want to say, they will only write the minimum and it may not be relevant or useful
8.>It may be difficult to keep the students blogging about subjects relevant to the class.
9.>It could be difficult to follow a discussion if replies are in individuals' blogs rather than immediately next to each other
10.>Blogs do not give the feeling of a conversation because there is time delay
11.>Blogs are not good for questions that require fast answers
12.>Blogs do not offer confidentiality
13.>Blogs may create competition between students
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