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1. Slide 1: Blogs for Classroom Management Susan Cline
2. Slide 2: On the agenda…  What’s a blog in 2008?  Blogs and the “Digital Native” generation  How blogs help educators  Classroom Management Blogs  Easy steps to setting up a blog
3. Slide 3: Old School Blog Definition “Blog, short for web log, an online diary written on a computer and posted on the World Wide Web.” “ D e D iary…….” ar
4. Slide 4: Today’s Definition of a “Blog”  Theme Updated Content Participation Community
5. Slide 5: Quick Quiz - Is this a blog?
6. Slide 6: Pew Internet & American Life Project Report.
7. Slide 7: The “Digital Native” Generation  Spent entire life surrounded by computers, cell phones, and tools of the digital age  Like to parallel process and multi-task  Prefer graphics before text  Are used to receiving information really fast  Thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards
8. Slide 8: Blogs and the “Digital Natives\"  Graphics and Text  Updated feeds of information - get info fast!  Ability to multi-task  Can by synchronized with online presence
9. Slide 9: Blogs and Teachers  Post materials and resources  Host online discussions  Create class publication  Integrate multimedia  Get feedback  Create a fully functional website
10. Slide 10: Galileo High School – “Li-Blog-Ary”
11. Slide 11: Miss Baker’s Biology Class
12. Slide 12: Ben’s Blog
13. Slide 13: Blogs - Classroom Management Tools (Basic Version)  Homework Assignments  Class Announcements  Links to media (video, music, websites, etc..)  History of all postings kept throughout year  Parents can view homework
14. Slide 14: Blogs - Classroom Management Tools (Additional Features)  Two-way feedback between students and teachers through “comments”.  Classroom Community Building through “plugins”  Class Pictures  Links to student Pages  Resource sharing  Students post assignments online - good for reflection pieces
15. Slide 15: Start Your Own Blog - It’s free  Wordpress.com  Blogger.com  Edublogs.org
16. Slide 16: Start your blog in 5 steps! 1. Register for a blogging service 2. Choose a blog theme 3. Change your blog title 4. Write your first post 5. Add links to your “blogroll”
17. Slide 17: Questions?
18. Slide 18: Contact Information  Susan Cline susan@susanbcline.com http://www.susanbcline.com  Ben Lavender ben@orindaacademy.org http://belav.wordpress.com