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Using NUS Blogs:Module andStudent blogs
N. SivasothiDepartment of Biological Sciences, NUS
http://tinyurl.com/siva-nusblogs
How I use blogs - a quick and useful tool for communication (2003-present)
Content matters
Elusive links
Useful archive
Appearance helps
General readership
General readership
First natural history blog
First museum blog
First cycling blog (group)
News blog
Useful archive
How useful?
Active readers and searchers
Wider readership: twitter and facebook
Science journals follow suit
Cats and content
Something to share
Point to interesting links from your reading.
Your take.
Personal touch.
Module blogs: pointers not discussions (2008)
Text
http://blog.nus.edu.sg/lsm1303/
Point to links
Local relevance
Local relevance
Pull or Push?
Pull or Push?
Audience?
Will it come out in the exams?
The more enthusiastic read
A way to support the very interested student
Archive link to good articles
Email still easier and has a better reach
Student blogs: writing and communication
Fun,Search,Read,Write,
Communicate
Will blog for marks!
Structure, brevity, credibiliy
Someone has to mark!
Pros and Cons• No lag time - just use
their existing userid.
• Focus on writing.
• Full name at bottom of each post - marking, pride.
• Posts were public - real world judges.
• Mannual addition of class userids (CIT or FTTA helps).
• You will have to setup guidelines.
• Someone has to mark.
Guidelines & Marking
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What about plagiarism?
• Export entire blog as a pdf
• Submit to turnitin
• Pre-empt: students can self-evaluate and improve - they will learn from their results
Archive Posts, Field journals
• E.g. LSM1303student posts - export to file.
• Upload to archive (LSM1303-2009).
• Delete all posts; start afresh.
Field journals for 1st years?
Thank you!
N. SivasothiDepartment of Biological SciencesNational University of Singapore
http://tinyurl.com/siva-nusblogs