The document provides instructions for integrating blogging into a middle school mathematics classroom using Blogger.com. It outlines what will be included on the class blog site, such as RSS feeds of real-world math articles and a rubric for student blog posts. Students will be assessed on the structure, content, reflection, understanding, and comments of their blog posts. The blogging project will help students develop 21st century skills like global awareness, cross-curricular learning, and communication. Step-by-step directions are provided for setting up the class blog site and having students create Gmail accounts to contribute blog posts and comments.

1. BLOGGER.COM FOR
MATHEMATICS
INTEGRATING BLOGGING INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS
CLASSROOM
DANIELLE PARKER

2. WHAT’S ON MY BLOGGER SITE
• RSS feeds for articles on how mathematics is used in the everyday
world
• Blogging Rubric for students
• Questions students need to answer in blog post
• Videos students can respond to in lieu of articles
• Rules of the Blog
• “How To” tutorial for getting set up, posting videos, links, pictures,
comments, and blog responses

3. CHECK IT OUT!
• Class Blog  Mathematics in the Real World Blog

4. STUDENT ASSESSMENT
Students will be assessed on:
• Structure: Grammar, punctuation, spelling, length
• Content: How well does the student answer the 5 questions;
mathematical relevance of the article
• Reflection: Thoughtfulness of the blog post, addition of supporting
images, links, videos, etc.
• Understanding: student has an understanding of mathematical
concepts and their applications
• Comments: students made thoughtful comments on other students’
blog posts, added supporting or additional information

5. 21ST CENTURY SKILLS ADDRESSED
• Students will develop global, financial, business, health, and
environmental awareness through the incorporation of the real world
articles in the classroom
• Support learning across subjects
• Inspire students to take their own initiative to increase their learning
• Promotion of communication and collaboration between students
• Increase technology skills and fluency

6. HOW TO GET STARTED…
• Go to Blogger.com *Sign in with Google Account

7. CLICK “NEW BLOG”

8. FILL OUT TITLE, CREATE BLOG ADDRESS,
AND PICK DESIGN

9. EDIT LAYOUT

10. ADD GADGET(S)

11. EXAMPLES OF AVAILABLE GADGETS

12. ADDING CONTENT
• In layout, select gadgets you
want to use (Text, Image, Feed,
etc) and add information
• You can drag and drop gadgets
to customize your layout
• “Save Arrangement”
• Use Slide Share to embed
PowerPoints
• You can also see a Preview of
you Blog

13. EMBEDDING RSS FEEDS
• Click on “Add Gadget”
• Select Feed gadget
• Add RSS feed URL
• Select options
• Save!

14. ADDING BLOG POSTS
• Go to Blog
• Click “New Post”
• “Compose” allows
you to write, post
images, videos and
links
• “HTML” allows you
to embed

15. ADDITIONAL GADGETS FOR STUDENTS
• Search this blog
• Subscribe to this blog
• Follow
• Contact Me

16. HOW TO FOLLOW
• Click JOIN THIS SITE 
• In order for students to add their blog posts
directly to this site, students need to create a
Gmail account
• Students can submit Gmail address through the
Contact Form with class code as the message in
order for the Administrator to collect emails
• Administrator can then add students as Authors

17. HOW TO ADD STUDENT AUTHORS
• Have students set up a
Gmail account
• Collect Gmail addresses
• Click “Settings” select “Basic”
• Scroll down to Permissions
• Click +add authors and
enter student email
addresses
• Students will need to accept
invite through their Gmail
account
• Each student will be listed
as an Author while you are
the Administrator

18. HAVING STUDENTS CREATE A GMAIL
ACCOUNT
• Go to Gmail
• Click Create an account
• Create user name and password
• example:
firstname.lastname.83@
gmail.com
• Please make sure user name
includes your first name, last
name, and class code
• If your user name is not
available, see me for instructions

19. CONNECTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE BLOG
• Go to:
http://studentmathbloggers.blogspot.com/
• Scroll to bottom of blog
• Click “Join This Site”
• Go to Contact Form
• Submit name, Gmail address you just
created, and message as class code
• Go to your Gmail account
• Open email “You have been invited to
contribute to Mathematics in the Real
World”
• Click “Accept Invitation”

20. KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS
• Overview provides you with
how much traffic is coming
to your blog
• Stats provides you with who
is visiting the site daily,
weekly, monthly. You can
also see who has posted blog
responses from week to
week here.

21. KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS
• Posts provides Blog Titles,
Authors, date, time, and
Comments within
• Comments provides
information on who is
posting to who’s blog,
date, time