The document discusses three types of blogs that can be used in language classes: tutor blogs run by the teacher to share course information, class blogs as a collaborative space for teachers and students, and learner blogs as individual student spaces. It provides guidance on starting a classroom blog, such as choosing an easy platform, teaching netiquette, keeping posts short, informing parents, using correct grammar, not grading blogs, challenging students, and giving the blog time to be effective. Potential uses of classroom blogs include providing reading practice, guiding students to resources, enhancing literacy and writing skills, encouraging shy students, stimulating discussion, creating an online portfolio, and building relationships between students.
A blog is a website where individuals can express themselves creatively through various media like art, literature, and music. The document discusses using blogs in the classroom, with goals of each student creating their own blog as an electronic portfolio to showcase their best work, and to encourage students to directly contact the teacher via email with any academic questions or difficulties they may have.
This document discusses using blogs in the classroom and provides information about blogs. It defines what a blog is, noting that blogs allow quick publishing of text, images, and links, and are usually maintained by an individual on a regular basis. Blogs in the classroom can engage students, increase community, and allow learning outside of class. Benefits of student blogging include increased responsibility, communication, and writing skills. The document provides tips for setting up classroom blogs and discusses some popular blogging platforms.
Blogging can be used in the classroom for students to post homework assignments, pictures, essays and other classwork to share with classmates. A blog allows for more interactive learning compared to traditional homework by allowing students to comment on each other's work. Teachers can use blogs to reduce paperwork and ensure assignments are not lost by having all student work stored and accessible in one online space. The document provides instructions for teachers on setting up a class blog using Blogger which would give students a place to creatively enhance their learning through sharing academic work.
Ideas for using iPads in High School Classrooms.J Reid
The document discusses using iPads in the classroom and provides examples of how two teachers have integrated iPads at their school. Some key apps the teachers have students use include Safari for research, Evernote for note taking, Pages or Keynote for word processing and presentations, iMovie for video editing, Comic Life for creating comic books, and Animoto for creating videos. The teachers obtained iPads by developing a detailed plan, getting administrative support, and repeatedly advocating for iPads.
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Blogger is a free blogging platform that allows users to easily create and publish weblogs or blogs. Blogs are simple websites composed of informal posts that can include text, images, and videos. Blogger makes it easy for teachers and students to create blogs to share classroom resources, reflections, and collaborate on projects. Some specific ways highlighted that teachers and students can use blogs include sharing lessons, homework, keeping parents updated, having students collaborate and provide feedback on each other's work, and creating digital archives of interviews or local history. An example is provided of a high school calculus teacher using blogs to have students post daily class notes with images and graphs to facilitate online discussion.
Blogger is a free blogging platform that makes it easy for teachers and students to create educational blogs. Blogs allow teachers to share resources, lessons, homework, and reflections on teaching practices. Students can share schoolwork, collaborate on projects, and keep reflective journals. Blogger blogs can be kept private or public. Examples provided demonstrate how blogs have been used across grade levels for book reviews, sharing class notes, and documenting local history through student interviews.
The document discusses three types of blogs that can be used in language classes: tutor blogs run by the teacher to share course information, class blogs as a collaborative space for teachers and students, and learner blogs as individual student spaces. It provides guidance on starting a classroom blog, such as choosing an easy platform, teaching netiquette, keeping posts short, informing parents, using correct grammar, not grading blogs, challenging students, and giving the blog time to be effective. Potential uses of classroom blogs include providing reading practice, guiding students to resources, enhancing literacy and writing skills, encouraging shy students, stimulating discussion, creating an online portfolio, and building relationships between students.
A blog is a website where individuals can express themselves creatively through various media like art, literature, and music. The document discusses using blogs in the classroom, with goals of each student creating their own blog as an electronic portfolio to showcase their best work, and to encourage students to directly contact the teacher via email with any academic questions or difficulties they may have.
This document discusses using blogs in the classroom and provides information about blogs. It defines what a blog is, noting that blogs allow quick publishing of text, images, and links, and are usually maintained by an individual on a regular basis. Blogs in the classroom can engage students, increase community, and allow learning outside of class. Benefits of student blogging include increased responsibility, communication, and writing skills. The document provides tips for setting up classroom blogs and discusses some popular blogging platforms.
Blogging can be used in the classroom for students to post homework assignments, pictures, essays and other classwork to share with classmates. A blog allows for more interactive learning compared to traditional homework by allowing students to comment on each other's work. Teachers can use blogs to reduce paperwork and ensure assignments are not lost by having all student work stored and accessible in one online space. The document provides instructions for teachers on setting up a class blog using Blogger which would give students a place to creatively enhance their learning through sharing academic work.
Ideas for using iPads in High School Classrooms.J Reid
The document discusses using iPads in the classroom and provides examples of how two teachers have integrated iPads at their school. Some key apps the teachers have students use include Safari for research, Evernote for note taking, Pages or Keynote for word processing and presentations, iMovie for video editing, Comic Life for creating comic books, and Animoto for creating videos. The teachers obtained iPads by developing a detailed plan, getting administrative support, and repeatedly advocating for iPads.
The document provides guidance for creating a PowerPoint presentation. It discusses how PowerPoint makes it easy to move images and use consistent layouts. It then provides step-by-step instructions for setting up the slide size and adding borders and frames. The document also offers tips for using fun fonts and eye-catching titles, inserting images from websites like Teachers Pay Teachers while being careful of usage rights, and formatting images once inserted into the presentation. It concludes by offering to answer any additional questions and providing time to work on the project.
Blogger is a free blogging platform that allows users to easily create and publish weblogs or blogs. Blogs are simple websites composed of informal posts that can include text, images, and videos. Blogger makes it easy for teachers and students to create blogs to share classroom resources, reflections, and collaborate on projects. Some specific ways highlighted that teachers and students can use blogs include sharing lessons, homework, keeping parents updated, having students collaborate and provide feedback on each other's work, and creating digital archives of interviews or local history. An example is provided of a high school calculus teacher using blogs to have students post daily class notes with images and graphs to facilitate online discussion.
Blogger is a free blogging platform that makes it easy for teachers and students to create educational blogs. Blogs allow teachers to share resources, lessons, homework, and reflections on teaching practices. Students can share schoolwork, collaborate on projects, and keep reflective journals. Blogger blogs can be kept private or public. Examples provided demonstrate how blogs have been used across grade levels for book reviews, sharing class notes, and documenting local history through student interviews.
Facebook is a social media platform where users can share photos, videos, and play games with family and friends. Edmodo is an education-focused site that allows teachers to post assignments, grades, and have classroom discussions for students from elementary to high school. Delicious is a bookmarking site that teachers and others can use to bookmark and share pictures, videos, articles, and blogs.
This document discusses the benefits and considerations of student blogging. It outlines how blogging allows students to have an authentic audience for sharing work, ideas, and opinions. It promotes skills like multimedia and collaboration. Blogging also facilitates communication between students, teachers, families and other schools. The document provides examples of blog content and formats that are suitable for students. It also reviews features and moderation options of different blogging platforms. Tips are given for getting started and maintaining an educational blog.
This document provides ideas for using blogs, wikis, and message boards for collaboration in an online learning environment called the Ultranet. It suggests they could be used for student journals, book reports, creative writing, displaying student art and photos, student portfolios, class discussions, archiving class activities, role playing, class newsletters, collaborative projects, science experiment notes, posting assignments and calendars, a class suggestion box, communicating with parents, a teacher's journal, and professional collaboration between teachers. Student contributions and interactions would be encouraged.
Pam Thompson discusses her blogging journey and the benefits and considerations of having a class blog. Some key benefits are giving students an authentic audience for their work, developing student voice and multimedia skills, and making global connections. Teachers also benefit from gaining new skills and contacting other educators. However, moderating comments, ensuring student privacy and anonymity, and making sure blogging includes both writing and reading must be considered.
The document outlines an e-Safety and Blogging workshop that took place on December 3rd 2014. The workshop was led by Ben Hall, the Computing Subject Leader, and Lucy Edwards, a Year 2 Teacher. The workshop covered the importance of e-Safety as children increasingly use the internet, described useful e-Safety websites, and discussed how blogs can help with learning by giving children an audience and purpose for writing while improving their ICT skills.
This document discusses various web tools for publishing online content. It begins by summarizing the author's process of creating a wiki for their students to share information about civilizations for a school project. It then discusses using RSS feeds to stay up to date on news, sports, and educational resources. The author expresses initial apprehension about blogging but comes to see its potential for sharing enrichment activities and information with students. The document concludes by expressing excitement to learn and use additional online tools like Google Forms, Pinterest, and Edmodo for formative assessments and sharing resources.
The document discusses how iPads can be used to promote student literacy and writing by shifting the focus from content consumption to content creation. It presents the SAMR model for integrating technology and describes various iPad apps that can be used for organizing, drafting, collaborating, and creating different writing products. Student feedback indicates that iPads make the writing process more fun and motivating.
This document discusses technology tools that can be used in Jewish education. It begins by explaining why technology is important given that students are immersed in technology and it can extend learning hours and foster higher-order thinking skills. It then addresses fears about technology changing and students being more fluent. The document recommends starting with goals and being willing to fail. It provides examples of free web tools for blended learning, parent communication, classroom engagement, purposeful work, and student creations. It concludes by encouraging reaching out for help integrating technology.
This document discusses using classroom blogs to communicate with parents. It begins by defining a blog as a website where an author can post entries like a diary that others can comment on. Classroom blogs can be used to post assignments, have discussions, provide homework help, and inform parents about upcoming events. Setting up a blog is easy using free sites like Edublogs, Blogger, and Wordpress. Younger classes can also benefit from blogs by connecting with parents who use social media and keeping them engaged. Blogs allow teachers to share classroom topics, activities, needs, and create parent discussion forums. Teachers should get administration approval, check acceptable use policies, and make blogs password protected before starting one.
This document discusses using blogs to improve student writing skills through collaboration. It provides guidance on setting up student blogs, including needing parental permission and internet access, establishing rules for posting and commenting, and managing the blogs. The document also outlines the anatomy of a blog, such as posts, widgets, and comment areas. It stresses that the teacher needs to know students' usernames and passwords and defines expectations for student writing and commenting through a rubric.
This document provides tips for maintaining an active teacher blog. It discusses the different purposes of blogs, including entertainment, communication, self-presentation, and social networking. It emphasizes motivating students and colleagues to engage with the blog by making it visually appealing and ensuring content is clear, structured, and relevant. The document also recommends incorporating multimedia like audio/video, collaborating with other teachers, and providing differentiated content and resources to meet varied student needs. Blogs can enhance and diversify learning when used as a platform for assignments, activities, and facilitating inclusive education.
What challenges face faculty and students when they use online video in the classroom or for research? What is most important and what would improve their experience? This presentation from SAGE's Elisabeth Leonard shares interesting and surprising findings and results from user testing and other market intelligence on the user experience of online or streaming video.
The document summarizes the author's experience using various social media and online tools for educational purposes. The most useful tool was Twitter, which allowed the author to reconnect with colleagues and stay informed on education topics. The author also enjoyed creating a Pinterest board focused on literacy strategies and using Animoto to create short videos for students. While Delicious and deciding on additional social networks provided some challenges, the author found value in connecting socially with other educators online and learning new techniques.
Sandy millin 10 blogs in 10 minutes ih toc 60 may 2013Onlineconference
The document lists and briefly describes 10 English language teaching blogs that cover a variety of topics from lesson plans and activities to reflections on teaching. It notes that the first blog, Teaching Village, focuses on young learners and accepts guest posts. The last blog listed is the author's own blog which includes lesson plans, activities, and posts about the Delta qualification.
Blogs are online discussion tools that allow users to share opinions, information, text, photos, or videos, and have comment sections for continued conversation. The document recommends blogging for students and teachers as it highly engages reading and writing, encourages discussion beyond one voice, and provides responsibility and assessment opportunities. It provides ideas like classroom, student, teacher, and school blogs and free blogging tools like Blogger, WordPress, Weebly, Edublog, and Kidblog.
This document provides information about Katherine Sokolowski and her approach to teaching reading and writing workshops. It outlines her beliefs that choice, relationships, and authentic reading and writing activities are most important. It describes the structure of her typical workshop lessons, use of conferring and data tracking, and recommendations for resources and professional development for other teachers.
Do your online courses tend to have higher withdrawal rates than their traditional or hybrid counterparts? Sense of
isolation is often cited as a reason for lower retention rates in online courses; therefore, an abundance of literature
advocates the benefits of building a close-knit online learning community. The question is, how do you build a
true community that inspires peer-to-peer learning? In this session, presenters will demonstrate ways they have
successfully leveraged technology to build this type of community, resulting in a decreased withdrawal rate (from
17 percent to 4 percent)in an actual online course. Specific strategies for using synchronous and asynchronous
tools to create more involved learning communities will be discussed to offer participants new approaches for
engaging and retaining online students.
Blogs and microblogs can motivate students to learn foreign languages in several ways. Blogs allow for social interaction between students with shared interests, providing a platform to exchange ideas anytime. They also provide opportunities for students to expand their cultural knowledge about other countries through electronic media in a way that is not always possible in a typical classroom. By changing the role of the teacher to advisor rather than evaluator and allowing anonymous comments, blogs reduce pressure on students and make them more likely to write and engage in the foreign language. Microblogging sites are also popular because they provide content in enjoyable formats that appeal to users today.
Blogging can be used as an effective tool for teaching and learning. It allows teachers to share materials, assignments, and feedback with students. Students benefit from the interactive elements of blogging, as it motivates more participation and social interaction. There are different types of blogs for education, including teacher blogs, class blogs, and learner blogs. When used for language learning, blogs can improve students' reading, writing, and collaboration skills through exercises, online portfolios, discussions, and teacher feedback. Microblogging is a similar concept but with very short messages, and can engage students by encouraging communication and questions.
Facebook is a social media platform where users can share photos, videos, and play games with family and friends. Edmodo is an education-focused site that allows teachers to post assignments, grades, and have classroom discussions for students from elementary to high school. Delicious is a bookmarking site that teachers and others can use to bookmark and share pictures, videos, articles, and blogs.
This document discusses the benefits and considerations of student blogging. It outlines how blogging allows students to have an authentic audience for sharing work, ideas, and opinions. It promotes skills like multimedia and collaboration. Blogging also facilitates communication between students, teachers, families and other schools. The document provides examples of blog content and formats that are suitable for students. It also reviews features and moderation options of different blogging platforms. Tips are given for getting started and maintaining an educational blog.
This document provides ideas for using blogs, wikis, and message boards for collaboration in an online learning environment called the Ultranet. It suggests they could be used for student journals, book reports, creative writing, displaying student art and photos, student portfolios, class discussions, archiving class activities, role playing, class newsletters, collaborative projects, science experiment notes, posting assignments and calendars, a class suggestion box, communicating with parents, a teacher's journal, and professional collaboration between teachers. Student contributions and interactions would be encouraged.
Pam Thompson discusses her blogging journey and the benefits and considerations of having a class blog. Some key benefits are giving students an authentic audience for their work, developing student voice and multimedia skills, and making global connections. Teachers also benefit from gaining new skills and contacting other educators. However, moderating comments, ensuring student privacy and anonymity, and making sure blogging includes both writing and reading must be considered.
The document outlines an e-Safety and Blogging workshop that took place on December 3rd 2014. The workshop was led by Ben Hall, the Computing Subject Leader, and Lucy Edwards, a Year 2 Teacher. The workshop covered the importance of e-Safety as children increasingly use the internet, described useful e-Safety websites, and discussed how blogs can help with learning by giving children an audience and purpose for writing while improving their ICT skills.
This document discusses various web tools for publishing online content. It begins by summarizing the author's process of creating a wiki for their students to share information about civilizations for a school project. It then discusses using RSS feeds to stay up to date on news, sports, and educational resources. The author expresses initial apprehension about blogging but comes to see its potential for sharing enrichment activities and information with students. The document concludes by expressing excitement to learn and use additional online tools like Google Forms, Pinterest, and Edmodo for formative assessments and sharing resources.
The document discusses how iPads can be used to promote student literacy and writing by shifting the focus from content consumption to content creation. It presents the SAMR model for integrating technology and describes various iPad apps that can be used for organizing, drafting, collaborating, and creating different writing products. Student feedback indicates that iPads make the writing process more fun and motivating.
This document discusses technology tools that can be used in Jewish education. It begins by explaining why technology is important given that students are immersed in technology and it can extend learning hours and foster higher-order thinking skills. It then addresses fears about technology changing and students being more fluent. The document recommends starting with goals and being willing to fail. It provides examples of free web tools for blended learning, parent communication, classroom engagement, purposeful work, and student creations. It concludes by encouraging reaching out for help integrating technology.
This document discusses using classroom blogs to communicate with parents. It begins by defining a blog as a website where an author can post entries like a diary that others can comment on. Classroom blogs can be used to post assignments, have discussions, provide homework help, and inform parents about upcoming events. Setting up a blog is easy using free sites like Edublogs, Blogger, and Wordpress. Younger classes can also benefit from blogs by connecting with parents who use social media and keeping them engaged. Blogs allow teachers to share classroom topics, activities, needs, and create parent discussion forums. Teachers should get administration approval, check acceptable use policies, and make blogs password protected before starting one.
This document discusses using blogs to improve student writing skills through collaboration. It provides guidance on setting up student blogs, including needing parental permission and internet access, establishing rules for posting and commenting, and managing the blogs. The document also outlines the anatomy of a blog, such as posts, widgets, and comment areas. It stresses that the teacher needs to know students' usernames and passwords and defines expectations for student writing and commenting through a rubric.
This document provides tips for maintaining an active teacher blog. It discusses the different purposes of blogs, including entertainment, communication, self-presentation, and social networking. It emphasizes motivating students and colleagues to engage with the blog by making it visually appealing and ensuring content is clear, structured, and relevant. The document also recommends incorporating multimedia like audio/video, collaborating with other teachers, and providing differentiated content and resources to meet varied student needs. Blogs can enhance and diversify learning when used as a platform for assignments, activities, and facilitating inclusive education.
What challenges face faculty and students when they use online video in the classroom or for research? What is most important and what would improve their experience? This presentation from SAGE's Elisabeth Leonard shares interesting and surprising findings and results from user testing and other market intelligence on the user experience of online or streaming video.
The document summarizes the author's experience using various social media and online tools for educational purposes. The most useful tool was Twitter, which allowed the author to reconnect with colleagues and stay informed on education topics. The author also enjoyed creating a Pinterest board focused on literacy strategies and using Animoto to create short videos for students. While Delicious and deciding on additional social networks provided some challenges, the author found value in connecting socially with other educators online and learning new techniques.
Sandy millin 10 blogs in 10 minutes ih toc 60 may 2013Onlineconference
The document lists and briefly describes 10 English language teaching blogs that cover a variety of topics from lesson plans and activities to reflections on teaching. It notes that the first blog, Teaching Village, focuses on young learners and accepts guest posts. The last blog listed is the author's own blog which includes lesson plans, activities, and posts about the Delta qualification.
Blogs are online discussion tools that allow users to share opinions, information, text, photos, or videos, and have comment sections for continued conversation. The document recommends blogging for students and teachers as it highly engages reading and writing, encourages discussion beyond one voice, and provides responsibility and assessment opportunities. It provides ideas like classroom, student, teacher, and school blogs and free blogging tools like Blogger, WordPress, Weebly, Edublog, and Kidblog.
This document provides information about Katherine Sokolowski and her approach to teaching reading and writing workshops. It outlines her beliefs that choice, relationships, and authentic reading and writing activities are most important. It describes the structure of her typical workshop lessons, use of conferring and data tracking, and recommendations for resources and professional development for other teachers.
Do your online courses tend to have higher withdrawal rates than their traditional or hybrid counterparts? Sense of
isolation is often cited as a reason for lower retention rates in online courses; therefore, an abundance of literature
advocates the benefits of building a close-knit online learning community. The question is, how do you build a
true community that inspires peer-to-peer learning? In this session, presenters will demonstrate ways they have
successfully leveraged technology to build this type of community, resulting in a decreased withdrawal rate (from
17 percent to 4 percent)in an actual online course. Specific strategies for using synchronous and asynchronous
tools to create more involved learning communities will be discussed to offer participants new approaches for
engaging and retaining online students.
Blogs and microblogs can motivate students to learn foreign languages in several ways. Blogs allow for social interaction between students with shared interests, providing a platform to exchange ideas anytime. They also provide opportunities for students to expand their cultural knowledge about other countries through electronic media in a way that is not always possible in a typical classroom. By changing the role of the teacher to advisor rather than evaluator and allowing anonymous comments, blogs reduce pressure on students and make them more likely to write and engage in the foreign language. Microblogging sites are also popular because they provide content in enjoyable formats that appeal to users today.
Blogging can be used as an effective tool for teaching and learning. It allows teachers to share materials, assignments, and feedback with students. Students benefit from the interactive elements of blogging, as it motivates more participation and social interaction. There are different types of blogs for education, including teacher blogs, class blogs, and learner blogs. When used for language learning, blogs can improve students' reading, writing, and collaboration skills through exercises, online portfolios, discussions, and teacher feedback. Microblogging is a similar concept but with very short messages, and can engage students by encouraging communication and questions.
NACADA TechTalk No. 4 Blogging in Academic AdvisingLaura Pasquini
This document summarizes a panel discussion on using blogs to support academic advising. The panelists discuss their experiences blogging about advising topics and student issues. They provide tips for starting a blog, such as picking a theme, writing consistently, and getting involved in other advising blogs. The panelists also describe how they have used blogging to engage students, enhance skills and knowledge, and build an advising community.
Blogs in ELT (Final Asssignment for the E-learning and Digital Cultures Course)Olga Muranova
This is my final assignment for the E-learning and Digital Cultures course organized by the University of Edinburgh on www.coursera.org in February 2013. The assignment consists of two files. The first file includes a PowerPoint presentation dedicated to the use of blogs and blogging activities in the system of teaching English as a second/foreign language. The second file contains some theoretical materials related to the use of blogs in English language teaching, as well as my meditations and reflections on the use of blogging activities in my actual teaching practice. So both files are related to the same topic - the use of blogs as a form of online writing in the system of teaching English as a second/foreign language. So these materials refer to some extent to several important and up-to-date aspects discussed in the given course as "Communication technologies", "Open (and Opening) Education" and "The Meanings of Learning".
Blogs have several educational benefits for students. They are highly motivating, provide opportunities for students to read and write, and are effective forums for collaboration and discussion. Blogs can be used for classroom management by informing students of assignments, for collaboration on developing writing skills, and for discussions outside of class. Student work can also be organized and stored as digital portfolios on blogs. Popular blogging platforms that are free to use include Edublogs, Blogger, and WordPress. When implementing blogs in the classroom, teachers should choose a platform, understand how they will be used, set up student accounts, set rules and a code of ethics for students.
The document discusses the benefits of having a class blog, including giving students an authentic audience for their writing, allowing learning to continue beyond lessons, and teaching online collaboration skills. It provides examples of blogging platforms teachers use and how blogs have been integrated into the curriculum, such as having students research famous people and leave comments in character or explain math game rules with photos. Reasons to start a class blog and examples of ways teachers have used blogs in their classrooms are presented.
Blogging can be used in the classroom for students to post homework assignments, pictures, essays, and other classwork on individual, pair, or team blogs. This allows assignments to be accessible online, for students to comment on each other's work, and reduces paperwork for teachers while enabling announcements and discussions. The document provides instructions on how to set up blogs using Blogger, and explains how blogs differ from Facebook in supporting academic versus social uses.
Blogging: Hows and Whys For The ClassroomDom Pates
This document discusses using blogs in the classroom. It defines blogs as frequently updated websites that can contain various types of content. Blogs are easy to create and publish on. The document outlines reasons for using blogs in learning, such as encouraging participation and interaction, providing a space for skills practice, and creating a practical online resource. It then describes a 2009 experiment where the teacher set up a class blog for students to research and write about vocabulary. Students engaged with each other's posts by commenting. The document concludes with some useful rules for classroom blogging, such as respecting others and focusing posts on learning.
Blog.com is a free blogging platform that allows for multi-author blogs, themes, and other features. It can be used in classrooms by creating blogs for communicating class information to parents, posting daily lessons for absent students, and having students write blog posts. Benefits include being easy to use, free, and allowing more students to participate. Potential downsides are that it is time consuming to set up, has a learning curve, and could enable cyberbullying if not monitored.
This PowerPoint presentation discusses blogs and their use in education. It defines what a blog is, notes statistics on the growth of blogs, and outlines reasons why blogs are popular and beneficial for classroom use. Specific benefits include engaging students, promoting writing and communication skills, and providing an interactive learning tool. The presentation provides examples of educational blogs and considerations for setting up a class blog.
Reaching Your Students Through Bloggingmmichalakos
The document is a presentation by Maria Michalakos, a 2nd grade teacher, about using blogging to engage students. It discusses the benefits of classroom blogging, including motivating students and providing opportunities for collaboration. It provides examples of successes, such as students becoming independent bloggers. The presentation provides tips for starting a blog, such as choosing a kid-friendly theme and making regular posts of student work. It also covers potential challenges and getting parents involved.
The document discusses using blogs for science students to write about and discuss science topics as an alternative to traditional science journals. Students would use the blog to write about their ideas in response to videos, pictures, and news articles on the blog. They would also comment on each other's blog posts. The goals are to increase student participation, allow for instant feedback from peers and teachers, easily add resources, and make it student-driven.
The document discusses using blogs in the classroom. It describes blogs as personal websites with journal-like entries that can be commented on. It provides examples of how teachers have used blogs for daily student entries, highlighting student work, and having students document class activities. Setting up blogs through Kidblog.org is described as simple and free. Key settings for teacher control and student privacy are outlined.
The document discusses using social media in the classroom. It provides examples of how teachers can create blogs and use tools like Pinterest, Skype, and bookcasting to engage students in projects and connect with other classrooms. The document urges teachers to maintain student privacy and safety online, and outlines how social media can be used to promote reading, share cultural experiences, and make classroom work accessible to parents.
Flipping the classroom pd training presentationsdowling24
The document provides an overview of a training on flipping the classroom. It defines flipping the classroom as assigning instructional videos for homework and using class time for interactive activities and application of the material. The training objectives are to understand the advantages and potential drawbacks of flipping the classroom and to experiment with it. Advantages include students learning at their own pace and having more opportunities for engagement and collaboration during class. Potential drawbacks include students not watching videos and teachers spending time creating videos. The document shares results of a student survey that found mixed opinions and provides guidance on how to flip a classroom, including creating instructional videos and using learning management systems.
Flipping the classroom pd training presentationsdowling24
This document provides an overview of a professional development training on flipping the classroom. The training objectives are to understand the advantages and potential drawbacks of flipping the classroom, and to experiment with flipping one's own classroom. Flipping the classroom involves assigning instructional videos for students to watch at home and engaging students in hands-on activities and application during class time. The training covers how to create instructional videos, platforms for hosting videos, and examples of pre-made videos. Participants are asked to brainstorm how they will flip one of their own lessons.
The document discusses using blogs in elementary classrooms. Blogs can be used to discuss and reflect on learning, announce events, showcase student work, and collaborate. Some benefits are that blogging provides an authentic writing experience, students feel accomplished, and participation is not limited by time or space. However, teachers must consider student safety, monitoring comments, and devote time to keeping the blog updated. Steps before starting include learning about blogging, following teacher blogs, starting a personal blog, and taking a course. Suggested blog platforms include edublogs.org, blogger.com, and classchatter.com.
A blog is a website where posts are displayed with the newest first. Blogs often focus on a particular topic and function like online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links. There are two systems for blogging - user-hosted blogs where the user installs software, and developer-hosted blogs where software is installed elsewhere. Creating a blog involves choosing a topic, writing regular posts with a title, body, and date. Blogs can be used for students to express opinions, discuss class activities, and showcase writing.
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𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
The chapter Lifelines of National Economy in Class 10 Geography focuses on the various modes of transportation and communication that play a vital role in the economic development of a country. These lifelines are crucial for the movement of goods, services, and people, thereby connecting different regions and promoting economic activities.
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
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You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
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Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
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1. Blogging in the
Elementary Classroom
Presented By: Emily Schmidt
Coltrane Webb STEM School, Cabarrus County Schools
June 18,
2013
2. What is a blog?
• A blog is an online journal that can be
used to share news, ideas/thoughts,
photos, and much more.
• Blogging allows students to post
entries, upload pictures and video.
3. Why blog?
• Blogging gives students an authentic
audience.
• “Research has long shows that students write
more, write in greater detail, and take greater care
with spelling, grammar and punctuation, when
they are writing to an authentic audience over the
internet.” ~Lorrie Jackson, Education World
• The blog entries that they write can be
read and responded to by classmates,
teachers, and parents.
4. Benefits to Blogging
• Students develop technological
literacy.
• Students learn to be ethical
digital citizens
• Students develop writing skills
and voice
• Students are engaged
• Students can make global
connections
• Students practice typing skills
5. Benefits to Blogging
•
Image from: http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/12/25/creating-an-outline-for-blogging-unit-plan/
6. Blogging Websites
• KidBlog.org - My Personal Favorite!!
• You can use your cabarrus apps account to
log in to Kidblog
• EduBlogs
• Classblogmeister
• 21Classes
7. Class or Individual Blogs?
Classroom Blogs
Individual Blogs
•Teacher can write posts and •Students have ownership over
students can add comments. all content on their blog.
•Students can be guest
bloggers.
•This is a great way to keep
parents/families informed of
classroom news.
•Ideal for K-1
•Create an online portfolio of
work and shows evidence of
student growth.
•Students have more freedom
in what they choose to write
about.
8. Blogging Tips
• Establish Rules/Procedures
for posting and commenting
to posts
• Model how to write a blog
post or show students
examples of student blogs
• Make blogging a part of your
regular schedule (rotations,
center, morning work).
9. Blog About...
• Books - Reader Response
• Science Topics
• Writing Prompts
• How to Articles...
• Free/Creative Writing
• Field Trips
• Respond to a content related
question
10. K-1 Ideas
• Fill in the blank prompts
•
Today, we learned about _____.
•
My favorite food is ______.
• Video Blogs
• Upload Pictures of student work/drawings
• Student Photographer - Assign a student to be the class
photographer daily or weekly.
• Students write captions to go with the photos.
14. Questions??
• Any questions??
• If you want to create a blog for next
year, I’m happy to help you set it up
once we get our classes next year. Just
let me know.
15. Just A Few More Things
The next few slides have examples and a
few tips for blogging.
16. A Few Examples
• Kindergarten
• Rubrics for Blogs
• Blogging Ideas
• More Blogging Ideas
17. Establish Rules for Blogging
Be Safe
Don’t use your last name.
Don’t give specific details when writing about yourself.
Never give out your address or phone number.
Do not post pictures without permission.
Be Respectful
Don’t say anything taht might be offensive to someone else.
Be considerate of others. When commenting, show others that you have read what
they have written by saying more than just “good job.”
Be Literate
Write in complete sentences, using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Editor's Notes
Discuss how we used blogging this year as a part of our reading workshop rotations.
Discuss how we got other teachers involved in blogging. Mrs. Phillips was great!
We need students to be well prepared for tomorrow’s job force. We know that technology and typing skills are important. Rather than typing, just to learn how to type, students can learn how to type by blogging.
Students need to be comfortable with technology – blogging is one way to get them on computers/ipads more, so that they are.
This is a great visual!
Blogging hits all of those higher order thinking skills (creation, collaboration, ect).
Show Kidblog – how would the students log on.
I haven’t used the other blogging sites listed, but they may be a better fit for you/your class.
Class Versus Individual Blogs
We started in September and my students each had their own blog.
Individual blogs are probably not practical in K-1.
The first few times of blogging, it was whole class. Patience is KEY! The students are slow typists, terrible with punctuation, and have a lot of questions the first few times. Very quickly they became very comfortable and after a few whole class sessions, students began blogging once a week as a part of their reading rotations. Students were required to write a post about the text they read, but they could also respond to their classmates’ posts. Students LOVE it! Often blogged at home!
The possibilities are endless! Students need to view blogging as a communication tool. Many of my students would blog at home about their birthdays, families, hobbies, anything really. They just wanted to share. This created true dialogue between students because their classmates would respond to their posts (making connections).
I don’t pretend to know anything about Kindergarten and I know very little about 1st grade, so these are just a few ideas I thought you might be able to try. Responsibility for many of these will fall back on the teacher – at lease a the beginning of the year.