Blogs as a tool for feedback

After you have created your lesson, you want a way to get feedback.

This is where the comments feature of the blog comes in handy. Why?

Using the comments feature, you can get your students to give anything from a short answer to a full length essay. Of course all of it in good English.

They also learn from each other because you can select it such that the comments are visible to others.

You can also set the blog to alert you via email whenever a comment (i.e. answer) is posted. Imagine that, virtual homework, submitted online, and your students will never again be able to claim that they lost it or (worst still) that you lost it.



FAQ:

1. What if students cheat by simply cutting and pasting from the answers of other students?

Then the cutting and pasting becomes painfully obvious, as it is not even hidden by differences in handwriting.



2. What if other people try to post rubbish on the blog?

You can prevent people (other than those authorised) from posting comments on the blog. It is under the comments setting of your blog editing screen.



3. What if my students post comments in the name of other students?

You can configure the blog such that all comments must be signed in. It will require some effort to manage, but after that is settled, then all students who post comments will have to sign in using their user name and password.