Blogging in Schools

Blogging A quick guide http://www.flickr.com/photos/74225880@N00/183711327

For this session you will sign up for a WordPress account You will need to be able to access your email account to activate your blog. If you are unable to do that here, then you will need to sign up for a webmail account such as Google Mail http:// mail.google.com / (It’s actually worth signing up with Google anyway so you can Investigate Google Documents sometime)

A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log ") is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

Blog
A website you can add stuff to easily
Can update from anywhere
Allows discussion with your readers through comments
Text, images, audio, video
http:// www.commoncraft.com /blogs

What do I need?
Access to a computer
An account with a blog platform such as Blogger or Wordpress
Your imagination

Simple, web-based system for adding posts to your blog

Why Blog?
Post resources
Class publication
Newsletter
Get students blogging
Share lesson plans
Share multimedia
Organise events
Get feedback
Easy way to have a website
Online discussion

How many people read your last class project?

Blogging for teachers
Reflection on practise
Sharing good ideas and resources
Simple way of producing a newsletter
Provide additional lesson info / tasks
http://edublogs.org/
Anonymous / identified?

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org

http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/

http://www.scittscience.co.uk/

http://year11it.blogspot.com/

Class Blogs http://wyatt67.edublogs.org/category/student-post/ http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com /

Blogging with Students
Class blogs
Post student work
School trip logs
Journals
Post question – students comment
Creative writing

Club newsletters
http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/pivot/eco.php

School Trip Blogs
http://www.ghseastcoasttrip.blogspot.com/
http://www.languagecolleges.typepad.com/

Internet Safety
Draw up list of rules
First names only
No personal info
No identifying photos
http:// www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title = Blogging_Rules
http://tasteach.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/my-student-bloggers/
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/sharingpractice/b/blogging/introduction.asp

5 top tips
Use short paragraphs
Use headings to break up a post
Remember to hyperlink
Always comment back to readers
Subscribe to your own blog feed
Taken from: http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/ heres-my-first-five-tips-for-writing-better-blog-posts-what-are-yours/

Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/92137118@N00/495685057/
Don't say or publish anything on a blog that you wouldn’t put on a postcard .

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http://clc2.uniservity.com	97
http://blackboard.murraystate.edu	64
http://bgms7.edublogs.org	50
http://edrudge90.blogspot.com	46
http://differentiate-with-technology.wikispaces.com	41
https://si0.twimg.com	19
http://www.scoop.it	19
http://monteney.sheffield.sch.uk	17
http://estudy.murraystate.edu	13
http://www.slideshare.net	11
http://cnyricbootcamp.pbworks.com	10
http://btrayling.blogspot.com	9
http://www.school-portal.co.uk	4
http://edrudge90.blogspot.com.au	3
http://psgvedtec448.wikispaces.com	3
http://tweetedtimes.com	3
http://us-w1.rockmelt.com	3
http://vanier10.edublogs.org	3
http://paper.li	2
http://edrudge90.blogspot.co.nz	1
http://teacherblogs.co.uk	1
https://twitter.com	1
https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net	1
http://www.blogger.com	1
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Blogging in Schools

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