Blogging with 9KRo

This week I started to use blogging as a part of my film study with my Y9 class, 9KRo.

The students have been using blogs since primary school, many of them blogging during the school holidays. Throughout the year, I have had students asked me if they could post different activities from writing exercises, E Book creations and their reading results onto their blogs. I have always welcomed this but it never went any further than that.

As mentioned in my earlier post 'Why Blog' - the shift in our students' literacy levels and how this is linked to their regular blogging at school, at home, during the holidays - has only made me want to integrate this into their English program.

I am taking baby steps right now, but I am excited at how this could not only benefit my own practice but also benefit my students. As an English teacher, literacy (reading and writing) is everything, so anything that will keep the students engaged, learning, creating, sharing, reflecting with reading/writing is gold for me!

We are studying the film 'Freedom Writers' and have been focusing on the four main themes of Tolerance, Heroism and Trust. This week the students were asked to write a reflection what the theme means, which character shows the them and how is this shown in the film (evidence). Check out some of their responses below.

Leetia's Blog

Christian's Blog

Keleni's Blog

Thaisoni's Blog