tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779173134022579389.post8133725712530465287..comments2022-01-22T10:17:05.970-08:00Comments on Tech-Savvy Teach: A Preservice Teaching Journey: Boys and Blogs!Elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992875100838521136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779173134022579389.post-65532773434813256442011-04-17T00:43:11.314-07:002011-04-17T00:43:11.314-07:00Thanks for the positive comment Jennie. It's g...Thanks for the positive comment Jennie. It's great that you have some experience of boys and writing, so can see the real application of this. I agree that it is all about providing a diversity of mediums for students to play with (ie blogs as well as pen and paper) to keep children motivated, especially those troublesome boys!!Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992875100838521136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779173134022579389.post-45467981045511726642011-04-14T05:31:08.936-07:002011-04-14T05:31:08.936-07:00This is a great article. I can totally see this wo...This is a great article. I can totally see this working in the classrooms. I was at an all boys school for prac and without generalising boys do seem to struggle with the fine motor skills and delicacy writing requires. Girls seem to take to it easily but it boys and neat writing never seems a natural fit, and I think this does see some boys develop a negative attitude towards a subject like literacy where writing is the basis. However let them construct things on a computer and they are away - you've hooked them. And like Mark said in our lectures the literacy skills are the same, they need to know sentence structure, paragraphs etc, but the medium is different. <br />They still have to work on physical writing skills,(as its not a skill they can do without) but maybe they would be more inclined and enthusiastic to physically write if they knew not every single literacy lesson involved a skill they struggled with. It would maybe improve their attitude to the subject, and building a positive attitude towards learning has to be a good thing.jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928922207274573668noreply@blogger.com