blogging creating a web presence

March 12, 2014

• Uses?

• Newsletters

• Skill practice

websites?

• What ideas do

you have?

• What would be

most helpful in

your current

classroom?

Plickers…Just for Fun

A.Share

Newsletters &

other Info

B.Post Learning

Websites &

Homework

C.Teach

Students to

Blog

D.Share Student

Projects &

Learning

Why Have a Class Blog? • “Students have an authentic audience for their writing and that has an impact

on the quality of their posts and comments.

• Students revisit and reflect upon the lessons when they read the posts on the blog. The learning doesn't stop when the chapter or unit ends, commenting keeps the learning alive.

• Students learn how to navigate around the Internet and how to present digital information in a variety of ways.

• Students and parents have opportunities to participate and contribute to an online community. Teaching this skill to students in elementary school helps prepare students for more individualize online collaboration in the middle and high school years.

• Students practice a letter-writing form, when they comment. Letter-writing form is a third grade standard.

• Students learn about geography by tracking our visitors and sharing comments with our blogging friends. Skyping and having Google HangOuts with blogging buddies brings geography to life!”

Reasons shared by Mrs. Yollis. Retrieved from http://educational-blogging.wikispaces.com/Why+Have+a+Class+Blog%3F

Examples of Blogging Platforms

Ms. Yarzabek • http://kidblog.org/Yarzabek9/

Mr. Salsich https://jmsalsich.edublogs.org

Mrs. Yollis http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com

Mr. Toft http://mrtoft2014.weebly.com/

• The MISD offers us a

Campus site for Free.

Examples of Curriculum Uses

• Biographical Bonanza

During our unit on

biographies, student used

an online encyclopedia to

research a famous

person. Students then left

a comment as if there

were that person.

"Famous people" were

having conversations with

one another in the

comment section! Fun!

• Multiplication Game

Student explained the

rules for a

multiplication game

and took digital

photos to enhance

the text.

Examples of Curriculum Uses

Class Books to eBooks

Take pictures of class

book pages and turn

into online format.

Google Earth Geometry

• Students look for 2 and

3-dimensional figures

while touring

Washington, D.C. on

Google Earth.

Sqworl Resources

Student Blogging Challenge

VoiceThread

Animoto

Vimeo

Voki

EduCreations

ClustrMap