Blogs

Students as Authors Blogging in the Classroom

Contact Me http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ Jennifer Dorman [email_address] http://denblogs.com/jendorman Go to my Presentations page to download a copy of this presentation

Blogs in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs Blogs IPE - Individual (.mov)

What is a Blog? Posts are displayed chronologically Online publishing platform Many social media sites allow for integration with blogs Blog posts consist primarily of text with some embedded media and hyperlinks Many blogs allow for some static pages (e.g. About Me)

Edublogs http://edublogs.org/

Alternatives to Edublogs Class Blogmeister http://classblogmeister.com/ 21 Classes http://21classes.com/ Blogger http://www.blogger.com/ Ning http://www.ning.com/

Static pages Chronological blog posts Sidebar

When editing pages or posts, use the Visual editor to create in a word processing style format.

When editing pages or posts, use the Code editor to author in HTML code and insert embeddable code for dynamic widgets.

Upload documents and other files to your pages and posts.

Use the Dashboard to manage comments.

Use the blogroll to add web links to your sidebar organized by category.

Integration Ideas for Blogs http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/

Post material and resources

Host online discussions

Create class publications

Host eportfolios

Transform students into publishers

Share lesson resources with students, parents, and other educators

Integrate multimedia

Organize class materials and make them accessible anywhere, any time

Receive and model feedback

Create a fully functional class website

For More Integration Ideas . . . http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/blogworkshop You can also access training guides for Edublogs, Blogger, Wordress, and Class Blogmeister as well as dozens of examples of class and teacher blogs.

Blogs + DE streaming Blogs can be used instead of Writing Prompt Builder when you want to encourage students to respond to each other’s writing. You can link to any DE streaming media assets for blog prompts. Students will be required to sign into DE streaming in order to view them. You can insert DE streaming images into blog posts as long as you include the citation information. You can use a blog prompt as the student response element on a DE streaming Assignment. You can use a blog aggregator, such as Google Reader, to embed a blogroll widget into a DE streaming Builder.

DE streaming Images in Blogs Images from DE streaming can be downloaded and uploaded to a blog. You can also link to a DE streaming image by right-clicking on Preview and selecting Copy Link Location. Be sure to include the image citation information on the blog post.

DE streaming Images in Blogs If you are including DE streaming images into blog posts and pages, be sure to include the citation information.

Managing Blogs

Harnessing the Power of RSS

Teachers can subscribe to the blog feeds for their students’ blogs using an RSS aggregator. Students, parents, and community members can also be invited to subscribe to the feeds.

http://www.google.com/reader/ Google Reader

http://www.google.com/ig iGoogle Page with Reader Gadget

http://www.netvibes.com/ Netvibes

http://protopage.com/ Protopage

http://www.pageflakes.com/ Pageflakes

http://grazr.com/

Bringing Blogs into DE streaming

Blogrolls + DE streaming Builders

Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders Visit the Teacher Center in DE streaming and select one of the Builders – Assignment Builder, Quiz Builder, or Writing Prompt Builder.

Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders Copy the URL of the blog you wish to add and paste it into Add a Subscription. Click Add. http://www.google.com/reader/

Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders Add the new subscription to a folder or create a new folder.

Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders 1 Click Manage Subscriptions 2 Open Folders and Tags – Make your folder public. Click Add a Blogroll to Your Site.

Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders 3 Copy the embed code.

Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders 4 Click on the HTML button on the editing bar of your DE streaming Builder.

Blogrolls in DE streaming Builders 5 Paste the embed code and click Update.