Students Blogging

Hello Mentors,

I just wanted to pass along a great idea that was given to me from one of our colleagues.

In his own words, "Although students may not have access to the blog at their school, due to the fact that in their school they have a social network system, there are ways to overcome this obstacle." As a solution to this, mentors may utilize the following steps:

Step 1:

Have the students write a reflection on what they did during your visit to their school. Students may do this in a word document.

Step 2:

Have the students email their reflections to the mentor.

Step 3:

Once receiving the reflection, blog this information for the students.

Furthermore, from an academic perspective, this will encourage the students to write more and therefore work on their writing skills consequently improving them.