4. A Bit About Me...
Growing Family!
Love teaching and
technology
Just ļ¬nished my masters in
Ed. Leadership in May
Soon to be Google Certiļ¬ed
teacher
Love great coffee, great
books, great company and
traveling!
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5. Todays Expectations
You want to be here!
Learn how to use
Carmelās blogging
platform
Learn how to podcast,
and upload a podcast
to a blog!
Experience learning!
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6. What is a blog?
A blog (sometimes referred to as a weblog)
is a Web publishing tool that allows authors
to quickly and easily self-publish text,
art work, links to other blogs or Web sites,
and a whole array of other content.
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7. How are blogs created?
Blogs are set-up like traditional Web sites, with
navigation link, and other standard Web site features.
Blogs have one standard characteristic: the posting. Blog
postings are text entries, similar to a diary or journal.
Postings include the date and may include photos, links, or
other digital media. Postings allow for comments by
people other than the author.
Postings are often short and frequently updated. They
appear in reverse chronological order and can include
archived entries.
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9. Ease of Use
Minimum technical knowledge
Quickly and easily created and maintained
Students will ļ¬nd them convenient and accessible via home or
library computers
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10. Four Main Purposes...
Classroom Management
Class blogs can ser ve as a portal to foster a community of learners. As they are easy to
create and update efļ¬ciently, they can be used to inform students of class requirements, post
handouts, notices, and homework assignments, or act as a question and answer board.
Collaboration
Blogs provide a space where teachers and students can work to further develop writing or
other skills with the advantage of an instant audience. Teachers can offer instructional tips,
and students can practice and beneļ¬t from peer review. They also make online mentoring
possible. For example, a class of older students can help a class of younger students develop
more conļ¬dence in their writing skills. Students can also participate in cooperative learning
activities that require them to relay research ļ¬ndings, ideas, or suggestions.
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11. ....Four Main Purposes
Discussions
A class blog opens the opportunity for students to discuss topics outside of the classroom.
With a blog, every person has an equal opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions.
Students have time to be reactive to one another and reļ¬ective. Teachers can also bring
together a group of knowledgeable individuals for a given unit of study for students to
net work and conference with on a blog.
Student Portfolios (Moodle)
Blogs present, organize, and protect student work as digital portfolios. As older entries are
archived, developing skills and progress may be analyzed more conveniently. Additionally, as
students realize their efforts will be published, they are typically more motivated to produce
better writing. Teachers and peers may conference with a student individually on a
developing work, and expert or peer mentoring advice can be easily kept for future
reference.
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12. Why Blog?
Highly motivating to students, especially those
who other wise might not become participants in
classrooms.
Excellent opportunities for students to read and
write.
Effective forums for collaboration and discussion.
Powerful tools to enable scaffold learning or
mentoring to occur.
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13. Why Blog?
Your Ideas?
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14. Preparing Students for Blogging
Determine that all students' AUPs are in place and up to date.
Inform parents of procedures and secure parental permission.
Gain administrative support.
Teach students safe, acceptable, and sensible behavior as online
authors and readers.
Review policies and guidelines pertaining to student access.
Teach the non-posting rules of no complete names, e-mail
accounts, or references to reveal location.
Set clear expectations regarding tone, respect, and
consequences.
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15. Blog Examples
My TME Technology Coordinator Blog
My Personal Technology Blog
My Classroom Blog
Lewis Elementary School
Moving At The Speed Of Creativity
New Zealand Class Blog
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16. Moveable Type
http://ifolder.ccs.k12.in.us/mt4
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17. Our Solution Accomplishes Both
An online blogging platform with support for podcasts
Make 3 types of entries
Entries
Podcasts ā (Uploaded Files)
Pages ā for WebPages
Allow students to comment on either
Allow students to participate in the creation of the podcast
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18. Net work Username Login
Password: password
Change your password
Click on your name in the top right corner
Click change password
Enter your new password and security question
Click Save Changes
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19. Change the name of your blog
Click System Over view
Click Manage Blogs
Click on Settings
Change the name of the blog
Add a site description ā what is the purpose of your blog?
Save changes
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20. View Your Blog
Click on the ā to view your blog
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21. Link Your Blog to Your Website
Click Preferences
Click Blog Settings
Click Publishing
Copy the Site URL link (highlight ā ctrl c)
Hyperlink your website to the URL which is provided
for easy access by students.
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22. Change the Theme
Select design
Select styles
Select a design
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23. Rebuild Site
ā¢ After making certain changes, you will
need to rebuild your site
ā¢ When prompted, select rebuild/ publish
my site
ā¢ Always select Rebuild
ALL ļ¬les
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24. Allowing Anonymous Comments
Select Preferences
Select Registration
Select Allow Anonymous Comments and uncheck the
other boxes
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25. Require Approval Before Posting
Select Comment from the left-hand side of the
Preferences Screen
Select No one ā for the option of immediately
approving comments.
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26. Make an Entry
Click Create
Click Entry
Enter a title, the entry and other desired
information
Or click write
entry for a 1
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27. Make Posting More Like Word
Use Microsoft Live Writer
You will need the Live Writer Software, your
blog address, and your web services password.
Install the Live Writer software from the CD you
will be provided.
Your blog address is:
http://ifolder.ccs.k12.in.us/mt4/________
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28. Blog Ser vices Password
Select your name in the
top right hand corner.
Scroll down on the proļ¬le page to your web services
password.
Enter a desired password or press reveal to see the
one created automatically for you.
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29. Letās Use Live Writer
Access Live Writer from the Start Menu > All Programs
Select that you will be using another weblog service
Enter your username, password, and blog address
Select Moveable type as the blog provider
http://get.live.com/writer/features
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30. Easy Post
Click to enter a title
Type the text of the post in the large white space
ā“Donāt forget to
use the tools menu
to check your
spelling!
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31. Preview Before Posting
Select View
Select Web Preview
Select Publish to save your post
on your Blog
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32. Change the status
Change the status to published ā to publish the
post immediately
If you are preparing several posts at once, leave
them unpublished until you are ready for them
to display on your blog
Save
(Hint: do not allow comments ā on a information only post)
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33. Adding Comments
Students read your entry
Student click on comments
Students enter requested information
Blogger Name ā is a name the students can create
Real Name ā should be their ļ¬rst and last name
without a space
Click submit
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34. Approving Comments
Login to your blog
Click on manage- comments
Check the boxes in front of all comments you wish
to approve/deny
Select approve or reject desired comments
(Hint: Click on edit to see the students full name)
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35. Respond to comments
You can only respond to a published comment
Once published, click the reply link to enter your reply
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36. Adding Pictures to an Entry
Click upload ļ¬le
Once the picture is uploaded they create and entry like normal
and then click this button.
That will bring up a box to allow them to select the image
they uploaded:
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37. Adding Pictures
You can also use Live
Writer to add pictures
to an entry...Much,
much, easier!
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39. Need more than one blog?
Contact IS for a second blog.
Then switch between blogs using the arrow next to
the blog name.
Whichever blog name appears, is the blog with which
you are working.
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42. What is a Podcast?
A podcast is a media ļ¬le that is distributed by subscription (paid
or unpaid) over the Internet using RSS or other syndication
feeds, for playback on mobile devices (such as MP3 players) and
personal computers. Individual MP3 ļ¬les can also be posted to
web pages to make them available for download.
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43. Ideas?
World language teachers could record and publish daily practice
lessons that students could listen to at home
Social studies teachers could have their students do oral
histories or inter views or reenactments of historical events
Science teachers could have students narrate labs or
dissections or experiments to record their processes.
Music teachers could record weekly recitals or special events as
podcasts.
All teachers could record important parts of what they do in
the classroom that can then be archived to the class Weblog
and used by students who may have missed the class or just
want a refresher on what happened
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44. Examples
Jamestown Elementary
WillowWeb
Biology Podcast
Other ideas:
http://epnweb.org/
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45. Audacity
Creating the Audio File
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46. Audacity Shortcuts
Ctrl X - cut desired footage
Spacebar ā pause
More Keyboard shortcuts here:
http://tinyurl.com/mf7v9y.
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47. After Recording Your Podcast -
Click Create
Select UPLOAD FILE
Browse for the ļ¬le
To keep your ļ¬les organized you may enter a
folder name (however you must remember the
names of the folders)
Select upload
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48. Finish posting the podcast
Add a description
Click Finish
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49. Title your podcast
Title your podcast
Switch to published mode
Select Save
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50. Podcast Feed
http://ifolder.ccs.k12.in.us/mt4/your blog name/
atom.xml
Open ITunes
Select Advanced
Select Subscribe to Podcast
Enter the address
Click OK
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51. Resources
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/47
http://futureofmath.misterteacher.com/bloganatomy.html
http://a3wp.ucdavis.edu/blogs.htm
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52. Need Help? Contact Me!
Chris Atkinson
4/5 GT Teacher - Technology Coordinator
Techno Nerd
Towne Meadow Elementary
www.chrislatkinson.blogspot.com
Twitter: @ChrisLAtkinson
ifolder.ccs.k12.in.us/Atkinson
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