This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 150 of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast.

In this episode, I'm going to share a few creative ways to use student blogs.

When you hear the word blog, what do you think of?

In blogs, first started showing up on the internet, most were basically diaries, individual

people's personal musings on life.

Although this is a perfectly legitimate practice, these early prototypes made many of us equate

the word blog with something self-indulgent, writing that shouldn't be taken seriously.

Since those early days, the blog has really evolved as a genre.

People have taken the basic framework of the blog and used it to build all kinds of useful

interesting things online.

This evolution has given the blog limitless potential as a form of writing.

And that's just as true for student writers as it is for everyone else.

So if you're looking for a nice media assignment, one that in previous decades might have been

a research paper or an oral presentation, consider assigning a blog instead.

It's not only a highly relevant form of writing, but because it's done entirely online

and worked on over time, it would also lend itself beautifully to remote or hybrid learning.

To support you on this mission, I'm going to share six different kinds of blogs students

could create.

Each of which could be written on thousands of topics and fit into plenty of different

content areas.

I'll also explore some of the nuts and bolts, tools and practices that will help you do

this work well, and finally, I'll talk about how you might go about assessing student blogs.

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