Activity 6: Using a Blog or Web page for creative writing
Aim: Help students write creatively
Moodle modules: Blog, OUblog
Extra programs: Kompozer
Ease of setup: *
The previous activity created an opportunity for private writing. You might also want to create a showcase for students' work which other students on the course can view. This can be fun, motivating for writers, and may even be useful to readers. Here are just a few examples of the sort of free writing students could do on Moodle:
Diaries
Recipes
Reviews
Jokes
Funny stories
Writing about niche interests
How-to articles
There are various ways of setting up a showcase of students' writing on Moodle. The simplest is to get students to create a Moodle blog. In case you're unfamiliar with blogs, they stand for web logs, and are a sort of public diary. If you've installed the add-on OUblog, you could also allow other students to comment on the blogs. A third variation would be to use the Book module. The disadvantage of this is that students cannot...
