Why would anyone want a blog?

“ We were creating web pages back in the 90’s!”

What’s different?

Introducing Blogs

What are blogs?

updated regularly

places content in reverse October September August July June May April March February January

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requires no knowledge of html

one click publishing

Comments

Types of Blogs

Teenage Angst

Cat Diaries

Photo Blogs

Video Blogs

Online Newsletter

Resource List

Disposable Blogs

Rich Professional Learning

Why Should I care?

Audience

Communication

Comments … the benefit was being able to plug into the mind of a very sharp teenager and connect on a professional level across generational lines. I witnessed the evolution of her thought processes and writing skills as she dealt with feedback. Blogs allow a teacher to literally take their kids out into the world from classrooms anywhere in America. I’d do it again in a heartbeat Scott Higham Pulitzer Prize journalist

Examples

Michaelle Jean

Bob Langert VP McDonalds

Clayton Wilcox Superintendent Tampa, FL

Clarence Fisher Grade 7/8 Snow Lake, MB

Konrad Glogowski Toronto, ON Grade 8

Darren Kuropatwa Winnipeg, MB High School Math

Kathy Cassidy Moose Jaw, SK Grade 1

Alan Stange Principal Central Butte, SK

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“ Through dialogue, the teacher-of-the-students and the students-of-the-teacher cease to exist and a new term emerges: teacher-student with students-teachers. The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but one who is himself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also teach. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow. In this process, arguments based on “authority” are no longer valid; in order to function, authority must be on the side of freedom, not against it. Here, no one teaches another, nor is anyone self-taught.” Paulo Freire

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