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By: A Fish Eye View » Blog Archive » Science blogging in the classroom, an update

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:13:05 +0000

[...] this past year has been filled with blogging. I currently post actively to four blogs, and as I wrote about a year ago, I have started using blogs as teaching tools in my courses. I am now teaching my [...]

By: Why don’t young people blog? « The Millikan Daily

Why don’t young people blog? « The Millikan Daily — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:22:13 +0000

[...] whose sense of Internet omnisciency makes my own pale in comparison. Bora has been following an experiment of sorts by Mason Posner, a professor of biology at Ashland University in Ohio, in which Posner [...]

By: Mason Posner

Mason Posner — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:00:10 +0000

@ Tara – Thanks for letting me know about your experiences. I have had my students go all in on these blogs. They have five going, with three or four students contributing to each as a team. Some blogs have themes, and others are a mix of topics. There are some great posts up there, and they have generated some great discussion about science writing. I will be curious to see if the excitement is maintained throughout the semester.

By: Mason Posner

Mason Posner — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:56:50 +0000

@ Irradiatus – Thanks for the comment and the blogroll. Same back at you.

I was not actually at the conference but enjoyed reading about the sessions. I plan to post more soon about my students’ blogs, which are going quite well. They have generated some good comment thread discussions, and have attracted the attention of some other bloggers. Please check them out and grace the students with a comment.

By: Irradiatus

Irradiatus — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:45:20 +0000

I’m glad I stumbled upon your site!

I was actually at that conference as well, and I got alot from the education blog section.

I am an adjunct professor/researcher, but I’ve yet to actually implement a blog in a course yet. I’ll certainly be keeping an eye out here to hear how it turns out for you.

Consider yourself blogrolled here.

By: Tara C. Smith

Tara C. Smith — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:49:05 +0000

I teach 2 courses (grad-level), and I’ve used blogs a bit differently in each. For my spring course last year, I had each student write 2 posts–short essays delving deeper into the theme of the course–that I posted up on my blog. For my fall course, I maintained a class blog where students posted homework assignments, which we then discussed in class. I think both went pretty well and reinforced the importance of clear writing in the science profession. Hope your class enjoys the experience!

By: Scott (Blog For Darwin)

Scott (Blog For Darwin) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:56:16 +0000

Welcome aboard.