Also called

Julie LindsayHead of Information Technology

Qatar Academy

An online journal or diary

A Conversation

A communication tool

Sharing ideas

Writing and producing online material for an audience

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/web20

BLOGS

WIKIS

PODCASTS RSS

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

To record daily/weekly happenings

To analyze and synthesize information

To interact with other like-minded people

Synthesizing ideas

Writing for an audience

Evaluating resources

Fostering a professional learning community

Some ‘radical’ suggestions:Every student should have a blog

Digital PortfolioRecording progress as a learnerReflection

Every teacher should have a blogProfessional developmentAppraisal

Every administrator should have a blogDiscuss educational changeInvite comment and interaction

Cross-curricular….not just ICT classes

Embed into curriculumEncourage sustained conversation

through expectation Present multimedia by embedding

into blog post

Horizontal and vertical communication between students and teachers

http://edubloggerworld.ning.com

All resources can be found at:http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com/Blogging

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