STM Update
Not sure where this will end up! Can I put a post on a page rather than on the homepage? Just to say that I have discovered that you need to make sure that the input email address option is on, as well as moderating all the comments – and have a thick skin! Although most use students use the blog sensibly, and my Year 7s have been delighted at seeing their work on the internet, a few of the Year 8s used the opportunity to write comments on the blog to write all sorts of things that you wouldn’t want to share. Of course, they will realise that those comments don’t see the light of day, but it still came as a bit of a shock, reading some of the comments. I think this is where introducing the blog early on will help things! By this stage in the year I think some of the pupils are a bit jaded!
Hope everyone else’s blogs are coming on well – I have been particularly impressed by Tessa’s A Level blogs.
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I think you are right about the comments and the earlier that you introduce it then better in terms of pupil response. I would be tempted to copy the inappropriate comments into a word document -anonymous of course and then do a session of these and how peoploe would feel if they received comments like this or if a policy was introduced that inappropriate comments would be sent home. I don’t know what the comments are like but if a student wouldn’t be prepared to write it on paper and put their name to it then a sanction should be applied. What do you think?
Posted July 12, 2007, 8:53 amI’d forgotten about this site!! And the comments! I haven’t had any like that again, but I think that’s a good idea, to have a policy of referring comments to home. Unfortunately, pupils can put in a false name and email address, so it’s not always clear who has sent them! I think once they realise the comments are not printed then they forget about the shock factor and get on with it a bit. That’s why moderation is useful though!
(I’ve just looked at the date – 12 July 2007 – I’ve only just received an email saying that it was posted!! Bizarre!)
Posted March 17, 2008, 9:40 pm