So, I'm having my students work on a poetry contest for www.weeklyreader.com. Some are really into it, while others are feeling rather... uninterested?
"Do I really have to write poetry? I have some poems at home I can use. I just can't think straight. I can't think at all." (Seth, 6th)
"Can we write about Long Middle School?" (Ibro, 6th)
"Can we write about the Where I'm From poems?" (Deavon and Omida, 6th)
I'm thinking though... do I want to start up blogging with the students? I mean, I don't have Read180 or Achieve3000, and I highly doubt I'm going to get either of those programs for a long while. So, should I have them blog as a way to increase their technical skills? Some of them are so bad with the computer that they hardly know their way around the internet ("What's address bar? And how do I do the picture thing again?" (Kevon, 8th), while others are breaking through the firewall and downloading porn onto the desktop. It's mind-boggling!
Almost all of them don't have email addresses that I know of, and that means that I'd have to create an email for each one of them. So... would it be worth it?
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I can't answer that question, but I think your students need the exposure. If not now, when? I do hope you will include some of their poems in your blog!
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