Blogging in the Classroom

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Blogging in the Classroom

• A New Spin on Delivering
• Top Notch Instruction

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What in the world is a blog?

• Its not a communicable disease.
• Its a website that allows you to post entries
  about specific topics, and also allows people to
  comment on what youve written.
• More importantly, its a dynamic teaching and
  communication tool!

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Pros and Cons to Blogging

• Pros
• Novel approach to learning and teaching
• Easy to use
• Free service
• Blogspot/Blogger
• EduBlogs
• Dynamic communication tool
• Increased information retention
• Sparta Policy

• Cons
• Time
• Need a back up plan
• Many may not own computers or have internet
  access
• Classes may not have sufficient amount of
  computers
• - Sparta Policy

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Teaching with Blogs

• Sets the stage for inquiry-based learning a
  mini-webquest, if you will.
• Are You Ready to ROCK?!
• Polygons! Polygons Everywhere!
• Students are learning independently and have the
  opportunity to provide immediate feedback on what
  they are learning.
• Allows you to become the facilitator in the
  learning process.

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Communicating with Blogs

• Teacher/student dialogue
• Teacher/parent dialogue
• Teacher/teacher dialogue

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Its Your Turn!

• You are going to get a taste of what its like to
  blog.
• Blogging Activity
• Log in using your username and password, or you
  can log in as elem using kids as the
  password.
• Open forum / questions