Module 2 Reflecting and Presenting

Learning Objectives

Within edublogs.net, participant will execute the construction of a professional blog to be read by colleagues and students regarding their classroom instruction.

   * (E) need to be familiar with the purpose of blogging 
      the appearance of a typical web log
   * (S) process of establishing a new blog including the posting of
      entries, tags and categories within a blog, and role of blog list

Activities

1. Read the article 50 Useful Blogging Tools for Teachers[1]. Identify how you could use blogging with your students to help them reflect and discuss their learning. Which of the suggested tools could you use with your classes? Post your ideas and reflections to our discussion board.

2. Register with Edublog [2]. Play around with the settings and explore your options. Know that it will take time to look exactly as you'd like. Do not expect perfection from the start. Watch this video for tips and hints[3].

Make a simple post to begin! Post how beginning a blog or using a blog with your students will impact the way you instruct.

3. Post your blog address to our discussion board.

4. Visit your classmates' blogs and comment on their posts. Respond to everyone who posts on yours!

Suggested Readings

Blogging with Middle Schoolers: Front Loading and First Steps [4]

How to structure and evaluate blogging assignments. File:StructuringBloggingAssignments.pdf

Need Help? After perusing the suggested readings, post a new thread to our Ask a Question discussion.

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