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Presentation: Summer Blogging Assignment
This document is a presentation about a summer blogging assignment given to students. It discusses having students create blogs over the summer to post reflections, work samples, and develop an online presence. It recommends blogging platforms for students, how to access the blogs created through the school, and provides tips for monitoring content and helping students. The goal is for students to continue blogging beyond graduation and for teachers to participate to help students.
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- 1. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 1 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment A presentation to the faculty of George School at our opening meetings.
- 2. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 2 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment This image has been floating around the Connected Educator community on Twitter for a while. The summer blogging assignment took me and the students out of our comfort zones.
- 3. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 3 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment A popular model for thinking about integrating technology into education. Created by Ruben Puentedura. Visit his site: www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog
- 4. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 4 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment Much more could be said on this topic. In brief, having a real audience raises the stakes for the student-writer. Additionally, I hope to help the students develop an online footprint that shows them in the best light.
- 5. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 5 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment Don't get hung up on the idea that this is just about the kind of reflective journaling that we associate with blogs. Students can post examples of their work in every class to this site. Think of it as a personal web site.
- 6. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 6 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment These are legit, adult-strength blogging platforms. The students will be able to take these blogs with them when they graduate. They offer a ton of customization and personalization, too. Weebly is another platform that seems promising.
- 7. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 7 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment Both of these (excellent) platforms emphasize the social-network-y aspect of what they do, and as a result, they push too much inappropriate content at you. Our school network blocks Tumblr.
- 8. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 8 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment Log-on to my.georgeschool.org, click on Academics, then GS Blogs. You'll see sub-pages listed on the menu on the left.
- 9. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 9 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment Good! If you teach sophomores, all the hard work is already done. If you teach juniors, roughly 30 of them have blogs already.
- 10. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 10 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment Everyone needs to help monitor what the students put on these blogs. It isn't the deans' job. Hopefully if you do some blogging of your own, you'll gain mastery of the user interface and thus become a resource to help answer students' questions.
- 11. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 11 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment Students can password protect their blogs so no one without the password can see them. Also, I recommend that they set their "Comments" so that comments must be approved by them before they appear on the site.
- 12. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 12 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment We are L.O.B.B. -- The League of Benevolent Blogmeisters. Join us!
- 13. Created with HaikuDeck, presentation software that's simple, beautiful and fun. By Eric Wolarsky page 13 of 13 Summer Blogging Assignment If you weren't at the meeting and are viewing this presentation online, please email Eric with any questions.