Learning about Blogging
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.
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:
1. Teacher blog - provide relevant information for students and parents. By tracking comments you can see increasing engagement,or identify issues of concern.
2. Class blog - assign one student to be responsible for daily posts. Some are very creative and include pictures, videos, etc.
3. Student blog- provides a way for the students to really engage and interact with class assignments.
He also provided lots of examples - www.thethinkingstick.com, willrichardson.com, coolcatteacher.blogspot.com, mark.blogspot.com, edtechlife.com.
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.
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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:
1. Teacher blog - provide relevant information for students and parents. By tracking comments you can see increasing engagement,or identify issues of concern.
2. Class blog - assign one student to be responsible for daily posts. Some are very creative and include pictures, videos, etc.
3. Student blog- provides a way for the students to really engage and interact with class assignments.
He also provided lots of examples - www.thethinkingstick.com, willrichardson.com, coolcatteacher.blogspot.com, mark.blogspot.com, edtechlife.com.
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.
