Blogs in Education

So many examples to look at!

Purpose of Blogs (some examples)

Student discussions / reflections

http://whpscommunities.org/communities/sedgwicklibrary/default.aspx

http://hetherington0607.learnerblogs.org/

http://msgreeneast.learnerblogs.org/

http://students2oh.org/ (not teacher guided)

http://kbaer.edublogs.org/ (pen pals)

Teacher/Classroom information

http://katypearson.edublogs.org/

http://spotlight4.edublogs.org/homework/grade-7-hw/grade-7-literacy/

http://spotlight4.edublogs.org/category/social-studies/

http://rangerblue.edublogs.org/

http://karengreen.edublogs.org/

http://mrsbairdmath.edublogs.org/2007/06/

Teacher discussions / reflections
http://learningismessy.com/blog/

http://mhetherington.net/blogs/

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/place_at_the_table/

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/in_the_middle/

Teachers sharing professional resources

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/

http://woodchurchscience.edublogs.org/ (Interesting science sites!)

http://whpscommunities.org/communities/sedgwebref/default.aspx (Shannon’s site)

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/12/21/the-best-web-20-applications-for-education-2007/

Lists of blogs

http://kathyschrock.net/edtechblogs.htm

http://edublogawards.com/edublog-awards-2007-finalists-announced/

http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/section/blogs/index.html

http://www.middleweb.com/mw/aaDiaries.html

Too many blogs, not enough time!

Use an aggregator to keep track of posting updates. I like Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/view/#overview-page

Think you want to start your own blog?

Benefits of student blogging

http://mhetherington.net/blogs/?p=9

10 ways to use your edublog to teach

http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/

1. Post materials and resources

2. Host online discussions

3. Create a class publication

4. Replace your newsletter

5. Get your students blogging

6. Share your lesson plans

7. Integrate multimedia of all descriptions

8. Organize, organize, organize

9. Get feedback

10. Create a fully functional website

How to set up a student centered blog

http://mhetherington.net/blogs/?p=8

http://edublogs.org/students/

Setting up your own blog!

http://elibraries.edublogs.org/ (my work in progress!)

http://edublogs.org/

(http://www._________.edublogs.org) Choose wisely – this cannot be changed.

The title of your blog can be changed at a later time.

That’s really all you need to get started.

Once you have a site, you then have some formatting options and can add your first post.

Dashboard

Adding a post or a page

Manage

Viewing/Monitoring Comments – edit, delete, unapproved comments

Blogroll - lets you add links to sites that you visit often

Presentation – changes your colors and theme or add extras

Users – change passwords, rolls and permission of different users. Can invite people to view your blog.

Options – Change title, details, what is displayed. Discussion options allow you to approve content before posting or moderate/blacklist certain content from posts.

Questions?

I’ll do my best to help lgarofalo@ellingtonschools.net

or try http://edublogs.org/support/ (There are some great on-line video tutorials available here)