Presentation given on June 18, 2014 at TICL14, a technology conference for educators. Resources and information about three teachers from different parts of Iowa coming together and creating a blogging audience for their students.

1. Class With
No Walls
http://tinyurl.com/classwithnowalls
https://todaysmeet.com/TICLblogging
Deb Day, Abby Heaberlin, Angie
Vanderhoff

2. Where We’re At

3. Twitter, of course :)
Getting Connected

4. Google Docs
Getting Started

5. Why? Well...why not?
❏ Student engagement / Collaborating with peers
❏ Age of Technology
❏ Available 24/7
❏ Larger audience - had been just teacher and classmates. Now...more.
teacher, classmates, peers, school, parents, community, other school’s classrooms,
world
❏ Writing skills
❏ Voice
❏ Reflection
❏ Modeling

7. First Project of Year: Digital Literacy
Using the following driving question, create something using a Google app that
shows your answer to this question:
What does it mean to be digitally literate in today’s world?
You may work in groups or alone- the project is worth ten points and is due by
Tuesday. Class time will be given on Monday and the rest of today.
Introducing Blogging: Abby

8. Building the Backbone
-Blog Set Up- Blogger
-Concerns/ Student Thoughts
Introducing Blogging: Abby

9. Livebinder
Blogging: Angie

10. Maddy: http://madelynmargaretmann.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-10-30T07:58:00-07:00&max-
results=7&start=7&by-date=false
Drake and Elijah:
http://ashtonwayne.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html
http://hugmeimscared.blogspot.com/2013_08_01_archive.html
http://joshborn.blogspot.com/2013/11/genius-time-project.html#comment-form
Zach: http://zgmoore99.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:
00&max-results=11
Brady:
http://brady199.blogspot.com/
Lexie: http://alexiaalepley.blogspot.com/
Student Examples

11. ● Blog weekly
● Comment weekly
Adjust: Blog one week, comment the next
Twitter announcements
The Process: Deb

12. ● Intro posts
● Assignments
● Books
● Something to think about
My site for assignments
What to Blog About????

13. ● Meeting each other and more student
interaction!
● Common posts
● Organize commenting-blog log earlier and
better
Moving Forward: Our Goals

14. @AVanderhoff
@mrsday75
@heaberlina
avanderhoff@sioux-central.k12.ia.us
dday@howard-winn.k12.ia.us
heaberlina@melcher-dallas.k12.ia.us