#Summer2020BlogFest

So I follow Laura Gibbs regularly on Twitter @OnlineCrsLady. I was first introduced to her work while I was taking #etmooc and her knowledge, advice and approach to education always encourages me to explore an issue more, engage more or just rethink an issue. Or it can reinforce what I am already thinking is the right way to go.
And having students create the content is always the right way to go. No matter what grade level. After all, you as the educator already have your formal education- you're making sure your students work through the process of completing their formal education. And what better way than to have them articulate, through a blog, that process because that is what you as an education do in formal education, you evaluate.
The questions you need to ask and answer are:

• Has your student engaged in the process of understanding the subject matter?
• Can they demonstrate that they have internalized this understanding and can apply it? 
• If you ask them a question about the subject matter can they answer it?

A blog can act as both formative and summative evaluation in an education setting.  Perfect for building an online course! You can add video, memes, table and graphs, equations, photos etc. All formal areas of education, including STEM require a student to articulate their learning and what  better place than a blog? Where they control the input and output? True student agency.

Something to think about.