Blogging to Support LIteracy

Also called Julie Lindsay Head of Information Technology Qatar Academy

An online journal or diary A Conversation A communication tool

Sharing ideas Writing and producing online material for an audience http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/web20

BLOGS WIKIS PODCASTS RSS SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

To record daily/weekly happenings To analyze and synthesize information To interact with other like-minded people

Synthesizing ideas Writing for an audience Evaluating resources

Fostering a professional learning community

Some ‘radical’ suggestions:
Every student should have a blog
Digital Portfolio
Recording progress as a learner
Reflection
Every teacher should have a blog
Professional development
Appraisal
Every administrator should have a blog
Discuss educational change
Invite comment and interaction

Cross-curricular….not just ICT classes
Embed into curriculum
Encourage sustained conversation through expectation
Present multimedia by embedding into blog post

Horizontal and vertical communication between students and teachers

http://edubloggerworld.ning.com

All resources can be found at:
http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com/Blogging
My Delicious Tags
http://del.icio.us/julielindsay/bestpracticeblogging
http://del.icio.us/julielindsay/blogging

Blogging to Support LIteracy

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