Blogging For Lifelong Learning

Mazhar Laliwala

Science City, Ahmedabad24th-March-2013

Learning Outcomes:

• Exploring BLOGS and BLOGGING• Describe use of BLOG in Teaching and

Learning• Create and Customized your BLOG in

wordpress• Embed Multimedia content in your BLOG• Update your BLOG

Learn UNLEARN Relearn

Source: http://onestoplearning.blogspot.in/2011/01/from-teaching-to-learning-paradigm.html

Source: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.in/2012/06/dna-of-21st-century-educator.html

Focus is on Learning NOT TECHNOLOGY

“DEVELOPING MASTERY IN TEACHING IS A CONTINUOUS LEARNING PROCESS”

Source: http://onestoplearning.blogspot.in/2011/01/understanding-how-learning-works.html

Leveraging Web 2.0 tools is a powerful learning strategy in the 21st Century.

Source: http://www.nadasisland.com/tpack/tpack.html

WebLog =

INTRODUCTION:

Source: www.educause.edu/

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwcW5AKcfl4&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1

Source: http://edudemic.com/2012/12/blogging-in-the-classroom-a-4-step-guide/

Source: http://www.michellehenry.fr/blogs.htm

Blogs provide GLOBAL communication space for

STUDENT

ReflectShare

PROJECTASSIGNMENT

Collaboration

CLASSROOM

Facilitatediscussion

BLOG

Blog in Classroom:

Upload

•Material•Assignment•QuizSupple

m-ental

•Video•Podcast•Ppt & docsCollab

o-Ration

Share/Reflect

•Ideas•Research•Experience• Project

• Discussion

Pedagogy

Obvious Advantages of Blogging:

• ENHANCE LEARNING

• 21ST CENTURY’S LITERACY

• 21ST CENTURY'S SKILLS

• E-PORTFOLIO

Free Blogging Tools

www.blogger.com/ http://wordpress.com/

http://blogsome.com/ http://edublogs.org/

RSS

OR

Blogs OrWebsite

Update

Blogging Framework:

Create

Ideas

Purpose

of Blog

Vision and Mission

Getting Started with Wordpress.com

• Create Blog• Write a post• Add an Image• Embed ppt and video• Add visitor counter• Customize your blog

Science Blog

Source:http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/

Bad Science

Source:http://www.badscience.net/

Education Technology Blog

http://langwitches.org/blog/

Oxford Science Blog

http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/science_blog/index.html

http://www.downes.ca/index.html

http://edudemic.com/#

http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/learning-to-blog-for-your-students

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/10/23/coming-soon-stepping-it-up-learning-about-blogs-for-your-students/

Source: http://blogging2learn.wordpress.com/

Source: http://ocw.usu.edu/instructional-technology-learning-sciences/principles-and-practices-of-technology/blogs.html

Source: http://shop.plpnetwork.com/blogging-101/

Further Reading:

• http://www.slideshare.net/zaid/blogging-for-learning?ref=http://zaidlearn.blogspot.in/2012/10/blogging-for-learning-at-unirazak.html

• http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/

• http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/10/23/coming-soon-stepping-it-up-learning-about-blogs-for-your-students/

• http://www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/online_resources/blogging/