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Blog, blog, blog… a way to get your students “talking” about learning. Presented by Kelly Shea and Victoria Peterson. Tools We Will Be Using. The Talk Button. Hand Raising Tool. Make sure you are posting to the main room!. Chat Box. Yes/No Tool. Tools We Will Be Using. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BLOG, BLOG, BLOG… A WAY TO GET YOUR
STUDENTS “TALKING” ABOUT LEARNING
Presented by Kelly Shea
and Victoria Peterson
Tools We Will Be Using
The Talk Button
Make sure youare posting to the main room!
Chat BoxYes/No Tool
Hand Raising Tool
Tools We Will Be Using
Arrow Key
Text Tool
Who is our audience?Use the text tool to type on the screen the grades and subjects that you teach.
Focus and Objectives
Focus Question: How can educators use blogging to enhance the learning experience for students in the content area of reading in the P-12 learning environment?
Objective: The learners will be able to identify uses for blogging in the content area of reading.
Have you ever used a blog with your students?
YES NO
I would like to, but who has
time?!?
Why Blog?
•Encourages shy students to participate•Creates a sense of community in a classroom•Extra reading and writing practice•Creates a way to communicate and/or respond outside of class.•Students develop a desire to write correctly, knowing that others will see their writing.
First Things First!
What are some things you should
do when first beginning a blog
in your classroom?
First Things First!
Administrative
SupportParental
PermissionMonitor Postings
Respond in aTimely Manner
Take SafetyPrecautions
First Things First!
Established and Reputable Blog Sites
Signed AUP for EachStudent
Have Clear and ConciseExpectations and Consequences
What can elementary school students “talk”
about?
•Post original fact and opinion sentences
•Word walls
•Respond to literature
•Classroom debate
•Post sentences which include current vocabulary and spelling words
•Students post facts on an assigned topic (ie. Frogs) and then class compiles facts and writes an informational paper.
What can elementary school students “talk”
about?
What can middle school students “talk” about?
•Pen-Pals with students from other states…or even other countries!!
•Share poetry
•Random acts of kindness…
•Classroom debate
•Start a book club!
•Private journals between student/teacher
•Reflections (example: successes/failures at school?)
What can middle school students “talk” about?
What can high school students “talk” about?
•Record steps and research process for research papers/assignments
•Role playing
•Study guide
•Classroom suggestion “box”
•Continuing stories
•Vocabulary add-to stories
•Reflecting on or sequencing event in a novel
•Reflections (example: successes/failures at school?)
•Create and post podcasts
What can high school students “talk” about?
Blogging Across the Curriculum
Blogging Across the Curriculum•Fictional blog of a historical
figure•Use Google Earth to “pin” favorite vacation spots on the map•Create KWL charts•Science Fair projects•Timelines•Political elections-positions•Media interviews•Math concepts/problem solving
A Well Designed Elementary School Blog
A Well Designed Middle School Blog
????Questions????
ResourcesMiss McMillan's 7th Grade Bloghttp://wiki.ctkschool.org/users/mcmillank/
Nicole Gleason 2nd Grade Blog http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=221080&assignmentid=9452
Education World Article on Blogging http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech217.shtml
Classroom Blogging: Blogging for Beginnershttp://www.classroomblogging.com/blogging-for-beginners
Resourcing the Curriculum: Blogging in the Classroomhttp://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/