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Should children be required to blog in grammar school?
Posted by revellian • 2 years ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS]
Topics: blogging, education
I think that would be great. I just wrote a blog about it so go check it out.
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Not blogging as a whole but perhaps they could be taught something like javascript or databases e.t.c. as an option from 14, they moan they need job workers in this area but never do anything about it -
Our education system often teach brilliant children as if they are mentally challenged and most are never inspired to reach early intellectual potential.
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The education system in the United States teaches to the lowest common denominator. Teachers are hesistant to move onto the next topic until everyone gets it. Unfortunately, for the smarter kids, it often leads to boredom, as they have picked it up long before. In high school, there are options for different levels of classes (basic, advanced, honors). I don't want to encourage the separation of students, but at the same time, I don't want to see smarter children's potential being hindered.
And in regards to the standardized testing, even the best teachers are chained to these. Instead of teaching children, they are being forced to focus on what is on the test so the school will score high enough. This does such a disservice to children and I also believe this leads to teachers who are no longer excited and engaged in teaching. -
Sadly, the focus on standardized testing is misplaced--not in terms of their importance, but in terms of the tools they think they're giving students to do well on them. Having taught, trained teachers, and written curriculum in the standardized testing industry for nearly a decade, I can definitely tell you that the "preparation" my daughter and my friends' children have been put through in public schools is often directly counter to what helps students excel on standardized tests. If teachers understood what really leads to excellence in standardized testing, they'd be excited, and the skills they were teaching would benefit every child regardless of the level of his/her knowledge of the subject matter at hand.
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I think all children are teached as if they are mentally challenged, I have even seen it in the teaching to my 4 and 3 year olds.
Children should be asked what they want to do not pushed through test after test, this will just produce boredom and in ome cases not being bothered to do them properly, inturn this will hide some of the most bright children.-
Nice point. It's the way they are taught often that bores them. Attention span is short, but you right. Maybe a gradual introduction. At age 10 a child can handle it. My point is to teach them to express their ideas in blogging. They become more introspective and artistic. Blogging has made me happier and really a better person.
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My little sister has an art blog. Our parents encourage us to express our creativity through blogging.-
I see why you are so artistic and expressive. It's so important for children to learn how fun and not how boring it is!
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So many schools have children write journals... Blogging might be a good extension of that.
However, my concern would be in terms of child safety. Kids certainly don't know to filter their information/identity, and I'm afraid having them online would potentially expose them to child predators. This kind of thing would certainly have to be supervised, with some safety parameters set.
Still, something that can connect them to writing at an early age can be very beneficial.
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Very true. Safety is of the utmost importance and control is very much needed.
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I think it really depends on what the class is to blog about. After many years with a child that has Asbergers Syndrome (autism), knowing his strong point is the computer I must agree. However in classes with teachers that are just there for the paycheck, well theres a different matter. You would be surprised how many teachers are computer illiterate! -
All rightÂ…put on the brakes. Food for thought. If blogging is an art form and a way to express ourselves then it would be a good thing to encourage our children to BLOG. However, and this is where a line of demarcation should be drawn, they should only be encouraged to do this internally. Within their school system. This way they learn many necessary skills and begin to develop and learn to enjoy interaction with others, on a wholly more instristic level than they would in the classroom or on the playground. As long as the school monitored the blog interactions to keep the children safe, perhaps they would be more supportive of one another and less prone to violence. Allowing them to BLOG on the Internet would be pure folly!-
Yes, allowing a child 100% exposure to the full blogosphere could be very unsafe. I am glad you see the value in expression. I just think back to school and remember one particular teacher I had. He told me to stay after class one day and asked me If I really wrote my essay or if I had a parent or someone write it for me. Once he realized it was me who wrote it - he told me that I should write for a living and said I had talent. If it weren't for him (Dr. Royce Ladner) I might never have believed in myself.
Had blogging been around back then, I would have been in heaven. -
Talk to me, Theresa. I'm just about to set up a blog for my 11 year old daughter to share a series of stories she's writing. Of course, I'm keeping the log-in to myself and moderating comments, and she won't be sharing any personal information, but what else haven't I thought of? Do you still see a risk?
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I think that learning about HTML and working with templates, researching colors and codes, and general writing practice are fantastic ideas. I do not think that children need to clog up the blogosphere with thousands of blog posts about what they had for lunch, how mean their mom was last night, and who little Billy likes this week. We get enough tripe from grown-ups! Not to mention the dangers that some of those adults pose to little Billy and his friends.
The idea of intranet blogs for school systems is, however, a stroke of genius. Make the date and time stamp unchangable and you've got a great way to write about the book your supposed to be reading for class, trouble you're having with your math homework, and the confusion engendered by a new topic in science class. Your teachers can see exactly what question came up and address it either in the comments or to the class as a whole in school. Fantastic! Now, how do I propose this to my school board...
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I actually think it's a good idea. I remember we use to have to write journals everyday. That was years ago, time for school to catch up with the new era of technology.-
Hey onlinehustler, You would think the school systems would have noticed and done something already. Thanks.
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I think Theresa's comment is very valid that this would work if this were confined in a school INTRANET setting, instead of an internet one. It would teach a lot about gaining confidence in writing/creating, about online socialization, and could even be used to show the Dos and Don'ts in treating others online. A little early Netiquette training wouldn't be such a bad thing.
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Well said!
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This question went up and nobody replied. I though it would get no attention as I just wanted to discuss something more important than merely chit-chat. Thanks to all! This is very interesting.
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It is a good topic for discussion. They need to put ll of the arts back into the school system. Great day.
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At an age when the world is a fascinating place. Where Santa, tooth fairies and pixies still exist and everything is new. The education system does everything to stifle it. Blogging under adult supervision would not only encourage personal expression but also allow imagination as well as vocabulary to grow. Too many kids these days have a problem speaking their own language let alone writing it. On the whole and in the right conditions, I think it would be a good thing.-
Thank you GrimlyFiendish, very good. very, very good.
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hi revellian i think if children at age 14 are taught how to explore their thoughts and their interests by blogging that might be good in a way to be avoiding them from free times they will have their times filled with useful thing as blogging coz i beleive blogging increses the knowledge and improve the way we think but still under parent supervision -
Hi LFXT, nice to see you here at blog catalog! I think blogging definetly helps sharpen the mind, but parental supervision is a must. Thanks:)
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