Weblog Entry by: Group Ocotillo In Weblog David's Hodge Podge modified at Nov 29, 2006 05:31 AM
Published on Nov 29,2006 05:31 AM
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Blog vs. Podcast

In the beginning... well, not quite that long ago... I had students maintain a weekly blog about what was going on in their physics world. Then, with the addition of podcasting as an ePort capability, I decided that p-casts would be cool, too. Whenever I add a new "feature" to my course that requires additional student work, there is some grumbling (go figure). However, I listened more closely to the grumbling this semester and heard the students saying that it was redundant. They were saying the same sorts of things in writing that they spoke on the 'casts, so why make them do both.

The compromise that I offered was that they could stop with the blogs, but they needed to include a mini-blog as the description for their podcasts. Rather than just putting a link-name of Week 13 classes and no description, I've asked for a brief written summary of the contents. Some of the students (like Kelsey Meyer) are doing what I ask while others aren't. Next semester, I plan to start with the expectation that they will not have a blog page, but that they will blog within their podcast descriptions.
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