Blogging final

Blogging...
Basics & Beyond
Tuesday, 22 June 2010

We will cover...

* Purpose - why/what?
* What’s already out there?
* Cybersafety
* Tips, Tricks and Tools


Purpose


To show work beyond the
4 walls of our classroom, to
gain a knowledge of our world
and to have a voice within it.

Showcasing work
A Worldwide Audience


What is the
purpose
for your class
blog?


What’s already
out there?


Conversations
We Learn -
http://welearnsps.blogspot.com/


Room 9, Nelson Central School -
http://room9writing2009.blogspot.com
To Write

Moturoa -
http://moturoa.blogspot.com/

Home-School Partnerships

Wocket Spot, Russell Street School -
http://thewocketspot.edublogs.org/

Communication

Showcase
Work
Tumeke 12 -
http://twelve2010.blogspot.com

Developing
Core Areas
Room 7 -
http://littlevoiceslittlescholars.blogspot.com/

Sharing
Class
Room 10, Grey Lynn School - Learning
http://room10greylynn.blogspot.com/

Extending
Class
Learning
Woodmonstas -
http://woodmonstas.blogspot.com/

Current
Events
Tanielu, Pt England School -
http://pestanielut.blogspot.com

Room 6 -Summerland Primary
Student Voice http://sps-superstars.blogspot.com/

Worldwide
Audience
Mega25 -
http://mega25.blogspot.com

Do you know
what makes a good blog?
Up To
Visuals Creative
Date

Student Conversations
Purpose
Ownership

Layout Original Informative


Digital Footprint


Cybersafety
Naming Issues:
Initials? First?
Made up names?

Photographs:
Do you have permission?
Students in the background?

Comments:
Are you moderating them?
RSS or moderation.

Talk about cybersafety & teach it!


Talk about cybersafety & teach it!

Naming others & themselves

What’s appropriate to share

What’s appropriate to post

What to do with inappropriate content


Tips, Tools and Momentum

Know the purpose for your blog

Remind yourdoes your work say about you?
What students...


Students * Be safe
* Be mindful of what you say
Online Work * Be respectful to others
* Be informative
Agreement * Be interesting

When we write on the web the whole world can see it. What we say, the pictures we post, or the
videos we share give anyone who reads it a good or bad view of me. Anything we share can be
saved and viewed by others forever. Because of all of this, we need to make sure that the impression we
give to others who read our work is a good one, and we promise that:

* Our writing will be a true description of places, events, people, or our thoughts or feelings.
* We will treat people who read and reply to our work kindly, even if we disagree with what they
write.
* We will never share personal information about ourselves, such as our name, photo, age,
address, my parents’ names, etc.
*We will not use bad language, pictures, or videos.

We know that we are the only people who is responsible for the things written or included in our
online work. We will do our best to make sure it is all correct and appropriate, including keeping track
of the comments we receive.

If anything is posted that is inappropriate, offensive or dangerous, we
will notify our teacher as quickly as possible. We will also take full responsibility for any good or bad
consequences.


Read other blogs (You+Students)

Student & Teacher blogs

Leave comments on other blogs

Make connections

Set up a feedjit or cluster map


Don’t rush - A good blog takes time!

Content...
Kids create the content.
If images are taken...
attribute back to the site
No difference from copying text!

Even better, attribute to:
Creative Commons licensed work


Photos Used Under CC:
Web - foxypar4
Pudu on Comp - Lizette Greco
Kids on comp - edenpictures
Comp & feet - foreversouls
Blue Kid - Alohamumma
Why? - Annnna
Elephant kid - Rudecactus
Read Mac - kwerfeldein
World - bass nroll
Time - Monkeyc.net
Train - L’Enfant Terrible
Mac girl - Courosa
Share - Erica_Marshall
Footprints - Vu Bui
Question Mark - Maria Varlan
Kid by lake - MrsGooding
Learn - Mark Brannan
students laptop - MrWoodard
CC Logos - Creative Commons

Tools...

Tools...
Most Web 2.0 tools e.g. glogster, voicethread,
slide.com etc can be embedded into your blog.
Blogger uploads video’s and images easily without
any outside websites.
Choose a platform that is right for you - edublogs,
blogger, 21 classes etc
Check out the delicious links for more tools.
All links available from...
http://delicious.com/hey.milly/JPC2010blogs
Web2.0 Tools
http://delicious.com/hey.milly/web2.0

Keeping up
the Momentum...

Utilise the “downtimes” - Set up a roster.


Start by teaching a group
- embed in your program from the start

Get students to teach students - set up experts!


Set up a ‘Blog Of The Week’ - to showcase other blogs

‘Blog Of The Week’ - to establish connections

Encourage the kids to share work via the blog

Set challenges and tasks that build confidence

Most importantly...

Have fun and
learn with the kids!

Heymilly to my twitter PLN!
Many thanks
Especially @keamac, dorothyjburt, sharpjacqui,
pam_thompson, janenicholls, trottersky,
cheesynz, NZwaikato,
betchaboy, jshe

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http://delicious.com/hey.milly/JPC2010blogs

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