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Jenn: I currently do not use Blogs in the classroom. An idea I had for incorporating blogging in my classroom would be to post an ethical issue in genetics in a blog and require my students to post responses to the issue. This online discussion could go on for weeks. I could assess my students by requiring a specific number of entries in the blog and also on the scientific knowledge and thought that was put into their responses.

Mark: I have never used blogs in the classroom. Until this class I didn’t even understand what a blog was and I’m still trying to understand the idea and the possibilities it presents. That being said I think I would set up a blog for my art students that would allow them to create a portfolio of their work. Projects would be digitally photographed by the student and placed in their blog along with a critique of the work focusing on the elements and principles of design as well as the inspiration for their design. Students would also critique the work of their classmates on their blogs. This would promote the use of technology in my classroom and allow different classes to interact and evaluate the work of their peers.