Learn how teachers can blog and comment their way to a better classroom -- this is based on 10 Habits of Bloggers that Win and How to Comment Like a King or Queen from Cool Cat Teacher. NOTE: Many of these slides include photos I purchased from Istock photo and the license terms do not allow me to give you a copy, although you CAN run this presentation full screen from slideshare.

1. Blogging for a better classroom Vicki Davis, Teacher http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com Handouts http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com

2. Teacher

3. Blogger

5. November 2005

7. Research Based Best Practices

8. Authentic Assessment

9. Cooperative Learning

10. Project Based Learning

12. Taking IT Global Collaborative Project Contest First Place 2007 ISTE SIGTel Online Learning Award Winner 2007 Included in The World is Flat v3 Thomas Friedman Included in Grown Up Digital By Don Tapscott

13. The power of Three! The Power of “3”

14. KAIZEN = Slow, steady improvement

15. What is Web 2.0?

18. The tools in school changed

20. Keynote for NetGenEd project – http://netgened.grownupdigital.com

21. Let’s Learn some New Words I am not afraid!

22. Source: The Wayback Machine Web 1.0 The Read Only Web

23. Web 2.0 The Read/ Write Web

24. Web 2.0 The Read/ Write Web The tools in school are changing again .

27. Meet your instructor: Vicki Davis Some of my classroom awards. ISTE’s 2007 SIGTel Online Learning Award Winner

28. What is a Blog?

29. Do blogs matter? I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years either. — Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, Dec. 5, 2002 “ The Internet’s first scalp.” John Podhertz, The New York Post

31. Blogs and the media!

33. http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html

34. Web + Log = Blog

46. 10 Habits of Bloggers That Win

47. If you mention it hyperlink it. Habit #1

48. The manual way to do it!

49. Habit #2 Have a tempting title.

51. Habit #3 Write and cut in half.

53. Habit #3 Write and cut in half.

54. Write first, format second. Habit #4

56. Habit #5 Paint a picture!

58. Before you bag it, tag it! Habit #6

61. After you post it, ping it! Habit #7

63. Habit #8 Never Throw Anything Away! (Archive It!)

64. Habit #9 Comment on the Articles you Write and Hyperlink to your article.

65. Habit #10 Get the stats back!

67. Commenting People read your comments People follow your Comments to Your blog You comment People read your blog

68. Where do I go from here? Start blogging!! Every expert was once a beginner.