- post class-related information such as calendars, events, homework assignments, and other class information.
- post assignments based on literature readings and have students respond on their own Weblogs, creating a kind of portfolio of their work.
- post prompts for writing.
- provide examples of classwork, vocabulary activities or grammar games.
- provide online readings for your students to read and react to.
- gather and organize Internet resources for a specific course providing links to appropriate sites and annotating the links as to what is relevant about them.
- post photos and comments on class activities.
- invite student comments or postings on issues in order to give them a writing voice.
- publish examples of good student writing done in class.
- showcase student art, poetry, and creative stories.
- create a dynamic teaching site, posting not only class-related information, but also activities, discussion topics, links to additional information about topics they are studying in class, and readings to inspire learning.
- create a literature circle.
- make use of the commenting feature to have students publish messages on topics being used to develop language skills.
- ask students to create their own individual course blogs, where they can post their own ideas, reactions and written work.
- post tasks to carry out project-based learning tasks with students.
- link your class with another class somewhere else in the world. (Richardson, 40)
Source: Richardson, Will. Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, 2006. Print.
