Blogs as a Teaching Tool

I'm happy to share that I am one of the 101 people (along with Seth Godin, Tom Vander Well, Mike Sansone, Shel Israel and many other great bloggers) that Ted Demopoulos will be featuring in his next book tentatively titled: What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere.  Ted's book will illustrate various ways that people are using blogs in business, finance, marketing, and the classroom.  As mentioned in an earlier blogpost, I decided to use a class blog for the first time in the MBA class I am teaching this summer at Drake University.   I have been very pleased with the way the blog allows the students to take more ownership of the class.  The 22 students have created a collaborative learning community and shared ideas, thoughts, concerns, and emotions that they would never have shared in the physical classroom.  When the class is over next week, I will post my suggestions as to what I thought worked and what I would do differently next time in using this innovative teaching tool.

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Comments

[Vicki Davis]

This sounds like an incredible book and I look forward to reading it. Blogs have certainly transformed my classroom have had its often overlooked cousin, the wiki. In fact, wikis have emerged as my "class favorite" for doing a lot of things.

You have a very impressive blog here and I look forward to perusing the information on classroom management.