tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65542659989510585332024-03-05T01:03:16.629-08:00HI Google Apps For Educators SummitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081313417838328448noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554265998951058533.post-58725320375998653852013-01-13T12:42:00.002-08:002013-01-13T13:03:20.984-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learning about Blogging</span></b><br />
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For many years I've read lots of blogs, but never felt the desire to write my own. The Hawaii Google Apps for Education Summit has provided a lot of tools and tricks based primarily on Google products that are incredibly powerful. <br />
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One of the sessions covers how to create a blog by +MarkWagner. He recommended a number of different ways to integrate blogs into the classroom. Three key ways he discussed were the following:<br />
1. Teacher blog - provide relevant information for students and parents. By tracking comments you can see increasing engagement,or identify issues of concern.<br />
2. Class blog - assign one student to be responsible for daily posts. Some are very creative and include pictures, videos, etc.<br />
3. Student blog- provides a way for the students to really engage and interact with class assignments.<br />
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He also provided lots of examples - <a href="http://www.thethinkingstick.com/">www.thethinkingstick.com</a>, <a href="http://willrichardson.com/">willrichardson.com</a>, <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/">coolcatteacher.blogspot.com</a>, <a href="http://mark.blogspot.com/">mark.blogspot.com</a>, <a href="http://edtechlife.com/">edtechlife.com</a>.<br />
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I highly recommend attending these kind of summits. I especially appreciated how the organizers and presenters provided all of their content on-line. It's a great way to follow-up after an event.<br />
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