Spaulding High School Library

If last year was the year of the wiki at Spaulding, this year is shaping up to be the year of the blog. We've got  student project wikis and teacher wikis.  I think a lot of us 'get wikis.'  But based on my conversations with teachers this year,  bloging seems to be gaining in popularity.  Blogging  is an  engaging way to encourage student writing.  Did I use 'writing' and 'engaging' in the same sentence?  Yes!  Because blogging raises the stakes for students.  They aren't just writing and getting feedback from one person (the teacher).  Suddenly what they say could be available to their peers, their parents, yes even the world depending upon how the blog is configured.

So check out the library's Blogging Pathfinder on our toolbox page.  Also check out the Young Writers Project as an example of student blogging in Vermont.