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    1. Blogs in the Classroom Communicating with the “MySpace” Generation
    2. What is a Blog?
      • Quick 3-minute Common Craft Movie
      • A web log
      • A communication tool
      • An informational hub
      • A place to give students a voice
    3. Why a Blog?
      • Two-way communication with students
      • Improved writing skills
      • Motivating students who may not participate in classroom discussions
      • Involving parents
      • Assignments all in one place
      • Students’ own opinions about the world
    4. Blogs in the classroom
      • Classroom Management (assigning homework, posting lessons)
      • Collaboration (teachers working with students on writing skills)
      • Discussions (classroom discussion outside of classroom)
      • Student Portfolios (displaying and archiving student work)
      • (Teaching Today, 2009)
    5. What can I post on my Blog?
      • Writing assignments
      • Collaborative projects
      • Book Reviews
      • Blog can serve as archive of information
      • Showcase student work
      • Daily lesson notes from class
    6. Points to Remember
      • Set Blog rules for commenting
      • Lock down the Blog where you are the only administrator
      • Be authentic
      • Remember the Blog is a public domain
      • Pick a catchy name (don’t do what I did)
    7. Free Blog sites
      • Hall County will eventually get an internal Blog site, but until then. . . .
      • WordPress (www.wordpress.com)
      • EduBlogs (www.edublogs.org)
      • Not currently blocked at school, however, some pictures posted on your Blog may become blocked at some point (Flickr)
    8. Blog Features
      • Blog statistics
      • Widgets (sidebar items of interest)
      • Poll Daddy (posting an interactive poll)
      • Separate pages for separate items of interest (intro., rules, etc.)
      • *Quick note about Google Reader*
    9. Helpful Add-Ons for Free
      • Flickr – Photo management tool
      • IrfanView – captures screen shots
      • Kwout – captures screen shots
      • Del.icio.us – social bookmarking site
      • PollDaddy – insert a poll, now a sister site
      • Feed Burner – e-mail subscription tool
    10. Closer look at WordPress Click Sign Up Now! on WordPress Home Page It will ask you for a user name, password, and e-mail address. Please note!! The user name you pick becomes the web address of your Blog. For example: librarylounge@wordpress.com So please choose wisely!! WordPress will send a confirmation e-mail to complete the set-up process.
    11. Sample to view
      • www.blogpresentation.wordpress.com
      • Password: southhall
      • Please feel free to log in to this Blog and view all the features, widgets, extras that WordPress offers prior to starting your own Blog.
    12. Blogging Expert
      • Buffy Hamilton, Media Specialist at Creekview High School, Cherokee County
      • http://bloggingfun.wordpress.com/
      • She created this Blog from a class she taught on Blogging. Excellent resource!!
    13. Downsides to Blogging?
      • It has the potential to become an online soapbox
      • Possibly biased information
      • Possibly inaccurate information
      • Student Internet access
      • TIME!!!
    14. Examples to peruse
      • http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/
      • http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees/
      • http://millersenglish10.blogspot.com/
      • http://byrdmiddle.org/outsiders/
      • http://heymister.wordpress.com/
      • Video: Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project
    15. References
      • Introduction to blogging . Retrieved February 1, 2009, from SlideShare: < http://www.slideshare.net/theunquietlibrarian/introduction-to-blogging-300432?src=embed >
      • Teaching Today. “Blog Basics.” Teaching Today, Glencoe Online. 2009. 1 February 2009 < http:// teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/blog -basics >
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