Blogging+for+Learning


 * Blogging for Learning **

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 * ===//**learn about blogging **//===
 * ===//**explore educational blogs **//===
 * ===//**create & customize blogs **//===
 * ===//**post their own blogs **//===
 * ===//**share their blogs with others **//===
 * ===//**read & post comments on other blogs **//===
 * ===//**discuss ways in which blogs can be used in the classroom **//===

**An Introduction to Blogging: **

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**[|Various Educational Blogs]** || ||

**Getting Started with Blogging:**

1. Sign up for an account on Blogger. If you already have a Google account (for Gmail, Docs, etc.), you simply need to sign in using your username & password for Google.

Other blogging platforms include: WordPress, Edublogs, Kidblog, and TypePad. You can later explore these & decide if you'd rather use any of them instead of Blogger. Blogging is personal, so the tool is a personal choice. Mainly remember--It's not the tool, it's how you use it!

Here’s some things to consider before creating your blog:  *username  *Blog title/URL

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. Customize Your Blog:
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Layouts]
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Classic Templates]
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Custom Domains]
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Add Ons]
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Blogger Template Designer]

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. Post a blog

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//**Activity A:** Write a blog on one of the following topics://
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How technology has changed the classroom
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">My first year of teaching
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When I was in school...
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How public schools should change

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. Share your blog post with others.

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Blogging isn’t just about writing posts – it’s about sharing your learning and reflecting on what you have learned. <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Important parts of the blogging process include encouraging students to:

//<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(from Edublog) //
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read other people’s blog posts
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interact and comment on other people’s blog posts to challenge each others thoughts and views
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Write posts in response to other bloggers’ posts
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<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Commenting Guidelines

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">GCS Social Media Guidelines

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Facebook/Online Communities Guidelines for GCS

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//**Activity B:**//

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Send an email to a classmate sitting next to you with the URL of your blog in the message. Share your email address so that he/she may also share his/her URL. Read his/her blog post, & write comments in response to what he/she wrote. After posting your comments, return to your blog, & read the comments left for you. Reply to those comments.//

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. Blogging in the classroom:


 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lessons, Instructions, & Tips from EduBlog
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Integrating Blogs in the Primary Classroom
 * <span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classroom Blogging: The Definitive Guide

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//**Activity C:**// Think-pair-Share
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How could blogs be used to enhance teaching & learning in & out of the classroom?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How can you use blogs in your current role?

<span style="color: #e25118; font-family: Georgia,serif;">6. Final thoughts:

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**//Activity D://** Please read & comment on my EduBlog page. There are 3 questions to reflect/comment on within my post. Please respond to all 3.

<span style="color: #3838ad; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Please click here to complete & submit the survey from today's session. Thank you!