all blogging

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Hits

• Google– 513,000,000 for blogs

• Yahoo– 1,330,000,000 for blogs

• Search Blog Freeware– 19,800,000 for blog freeware

Stats 10-29-2007

Blogging for Teachers, Administrators & Students

Why Content Creation and Collaboration?

The Machine is UsWeschWeb2v2.wmv

You Tube (8-07)

Michael WeschAssistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology

Kansas State University

http://www.mediafire.com/?6duzg3zioyd

Blogging with Students

3 Steps (4:14)

You Tube (8-07)3 Steps for 21st Century Learning

Learn more at teacherhacks.blogspot.com

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Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

What the experts say… blogs

• Through the use of blogs, it is suggested that teachers and learners are becoming empowered, motivated, reflective and connected practitioners in new knowledge environments.

Incorporated Subversion

http://incsub.org/blog/2005/blogs-anywhere-high-fidelity-online-communication

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

What the research says… blogs

• promote critical & analytical thinking

• are powerful promoters of creative & intuitive thinking

• combine the best of solitary reflection & social interaction

Fernette & Brock Eide (2005)

Richardson (2006)

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Blogging enhances:

• critical & analytical thinking (analysis)• creative & intuitive thinking (synthesis)• solitary reflection & social interaction (evaluation)

Have you achieved your Bloom’s today?

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Blogs for cognition (can meta be far behind?)

Class Archive of student workMeredith’s Page Teen Apathy, HS Journalism Class

Interesting sidebar: School web page is a blog

Class Reading Study Guide and Author Comments‘The Secret Life of Bees’

Will Richardson Blogs. Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools

for the Classroom (Corwin Press 2006)

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Blogs as portals

Dynamic content embedded into stagnant web page content:

MS Language Arts

Ms Palmer 2nd Grade

Announcements

High School

Middle School

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Blogs as…well… just Blogs

Ed Tech Blog weblog.com

Department Blog blogspot.com

More EdTech wordpress.com

Pics & hyperlinks blogspot.com

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Sheltered environmentsGaggle.netDistrict can purchase upgraded license ‘e-rateable’

– English with Walther

– Frazier’s Fantastic Blog

– Search AZ Blogs (typically requires password to – view, based upon administrator and teacher setup)

Class BlogMeister.com – David Warlick3rd Grade Middle High SchoolBethune School, Phx Cholla MS, Phx Rye, NY

Edublogs.org WordPress with an educator’s twist

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Found a blog you like?

• Search around the page to find the content provider, try the URL, that’s how I have found the blogs I like to use! I continue to look for new blogs that fit my needs.

• Many are free, some are free but include and option of fee with upgrades (more space, no ads…)

• Weblog was quick and intuitive and is a great start-up blog resource!

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Now let’s BLOG!

www.blogspot.com Sample

Register using gmail account, disadvantage in school application: ‘next’

www.wordpress.com Sample Some navigational skills needed, advantage: can

add websites to blogroll

www.weblog.com Sample

Very user friendly, low on bells & whistles!

http://www.edublogs.org/

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Credits

The Machine is UsYou Tube (8-07)

Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University http://www.mediafire.com/?6duzg3zioyd

Incorporated Subversionhttp://incsub.org/blog/2005/blogs-anywhere-high-fidelity-online-communication

3 StepsYou Tube (8-07)

3 Steps for 21st Century Learning.Learn more at teacherhacks.blogspot.com

Blogs. Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools forthe Classroom Will Richardson (Corwin Press 2006)

2¢ Worth David Warlick (Class Blogmeister)

Bloom’s Taxonomy http://officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Common Blogs

www.blogspot.com Sample

Register using gmail account, disadvantage in school application: ‘next’

www.wordpress.com Sample Some navigational skills needed, advantage: can

add websites to blogroll

www.weblog.com Sample

Very user friendly, low on bells & whistles!

Blogging for Educators (achayefsky@musd20.org)

Credits

3 StepsYou Tube (8-07)

3 Steps for 21st Century Learning.Learn more at teacherhacks.blogspot.com

Blogs. Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for

the Classroom Will Richardson (Corwin Press 2006)

2¢ Worth David Warlick (Class Blogmeister)

Bloom’s Taxonomy http://officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm