Transforming Student Writing with Vlogs

While researching the various types of vlogs available. It was made clear to me that a vlog has the aility to do a number of things. It can convey information, personal viewpoints as well provide instruction. I for one began to think that they also had the ability to porvide an avenue to transform a students written work. I found a Vlog about cats through the iTunes Store. I took a look and found that the videos provided the necessary visual support needed for second langauge learners, as well as, special education students to assist them in her story writing. I began to think that this would be a perfect scaffolding for increasing their ability to write a story using more details. For higher level students, the vlog could be used in a collaborative manner to write stories using personification for the various cats. Of course, I would have to view the posted vlogs and upload them to my iPod in order to access them atschool due to firewalls.