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Saturday, July 26th, 2008Just for fun- The 3 Stooges Teach the Alphabet
We included this video to demonstrate how a blog can contain different forms of media.
(If you can’t see the video in the box below it may be blocked by a filtering application.)
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Purpose:
The purpose of this blog is to provide ideas and suggestions for how to effectively use blogs in education. It was created by a social studies teacher, a science teacher and a technology integration specialist as part of a VTCite summer institute.
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What is a blog? (from Netlingo)
A Web site (or section of a Web site) where users can post a chronological, up-to-date e-journal entry of their thoughts. Each post usually contains a Web link. Basically, it is an open forum communication tool that, depending on the Web site, is either very individualistic or performs a crucial function for an organization or company. There are three basic varieties of blogs: those that post links to other sources, those that compile news and articles, and those that provide a forum for opinions and commentary.
Common Craft Video “Blogging In Plain English”
Blog Basics from Teaching Today
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10 Ways to Use Blogs! (From Edublogs’ 10 Ways to Use Your Edublog to Teach)
1. Post materials and resources
2. Host online discussions
3. Create a class publication
4. Replace your newsletter
5. Get your students blogging
6. Share your lesson plans
7. Integrate multimedia of all descriptions
8. Organise, organise, organise
9. Get feedback
10. Create a fully functional website
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Examples of some blog sites that might be helpful!
Classroom blogs: (Blogs created for teacher and student use.)
An Overachiever! This is a blog kept by a graduate student during a class that she is taking.
Blog-ology: Students respond to different scenarios as part of their work in an Evolution Unit.
Zooblog: Telecollaborative project among 2nd, 6th and 10th grade Canadian students.
Educational Professional Blogs (Blogs for educators to discuss ideas, educational theory and best practices.)
A History Teacher: Web 2.0 tools through the eyes of a social studies teacher.
Teacher Lingo: An educational community to connect teachers from every level.
Is it Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher? Edublog Award for Most Influential Post
School Blogs (Blogs used by schools as webpages to inform the community about school events/happenings.)
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Blog Hosting Sites (These are just of few of the sites that will allow you to create and maintain your own blog.)
1. Edublogs
2. Blogger
3. Landmarks Class Blogmeister
4. 21Classes
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Try Blogging! Please use the comment feature to reply to the following prompt:
Given what you know about blogging, what are some ways that blogs can enhance what you do with students? What potential challenges do you envision?
