Blogging 101

Expanding the Boundaries of Teaching and Learning

by Danja Mahoney

September 14, 2009

Latin Teacher, RMHS

http://magistram.wordpress.com/

http://twitter.com/MagistraM

6. Build a global network

1. Take babysteps

2. Read blogs

3. Own your name4. Jump on in

5. Face your fears

Become a blogger:

Put yourself in your students' shoes

• a paragraph

• a picture

• a link

• add categories

• widgets "funky feet" by jek in the box via flickr

Read!Read!"Open book" by Honou via flickr

http://blogsearch.google.com/

http://technorati.com/

http://www.icerocket.com/

Find blogs

Google Reader

Manage your reading

RSS 

http://www.whatisrss.com/

Bloglines

Join in the conversationAsk questions

Leave comments

Respond to comments

Invite others to join in

Don't be shy

Own your identity

http://www.google.com/profiles

If you won't do it, who will?

Jump on in!• What are you thinking about? • What has worked well in class? • What hasn't gone well? • What are your concerns? • What made you laugh in class today?• What are you reading?• What did you talk about at lunch?• What did you learn this week?• What do you want to learn next week?• What did you learn from another teacher?• What did you learn from your students?• What are you afraid to try?

"jump tuck kerplunk" by theeeeta via flickr

Face your fearsIt's not perfect

I have nothing to say

What if my students/parents/principal reads it?

Other people have already said what I think

I don't even write a journal

It's not finished

What if nobody reads it?

What if I do it wrong?

Won't I ruin my reputation? my career?

I'll feel naked!

Build a global network

ClustrMap

Twitter Delicious

Diigo Ning

Plurk

don't reinvent the wheel - find the experts who are already doing it!

Google

"We are like dwarfs standing upon the shoulders of giants, and so able to see more and see farther than the ancients."­ Bernard of Chartres, circa 1130

Classroom 2.0

Need the URL? What is it?

Plurk:  http://www.plurk.com/Plurk is a social journal for your life

Diigo:  http://www.diigo.com/Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge­sharing community 

Twitter:  http://twitter.com/Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world. 

Ning:  http://www.ning.com/Create your own social network

Delicious:  http://delicious.com/Social bookmarking. All your stuff in one place.

Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com/Classroom 2.0 is the social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.

Check out these blogging resources:

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/quick­start­tips­for­student­blogging­part­i­setting­up­your­class­blog/

Sue Waters's "Quick start tips for student blogging:"

http://laurenc604.edublogs.org/2009/08/13/edublogs­advice/Lauren's "Edublogs Advice" - a student perspective:

Kathleen McGeady's "Some tips for classroom blogging"http://primarytech.globalteacher.org.au/2009/08/28/some­tips­for­classroom­blogging/

http://www.problogger.net/

Darren Rowse's ProBlogger - this is more general than education focused but he offers great tips on building a blog:

Next steps: