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Unit 4 Health Education Blogging

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Ways To Use a Blog In a Health Classroom


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There are many reasons to blog in a classroom. Here is a video all about how blogging is learning: Blogging Is Learning

Blogging gives us the chance to communicate to your students, parents, teachers, and others in the community. Blogging a way to motivate students to write, read, learn, and communicate as well. There are many ways to use a blog in your classroom.

Here is an article by Stephen Downes called Educational Blogging: Educational Blogging

Here is an article by Jason Falls about Determining The Top Education Blogs: Top Education Blogs


Blogging In Health Education


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There are many different ways to use blogs in Health Education Some examples are:

* Nutrition and food blogs – This could be focusing on the new updated nutritional information or even updated new healthy recipes.     
* Physical Activity blogs - This could be different exercises for all 5 components of physical fitness. 
* Running blogs - These blogs would be authored by runners publishing their running experiences and all of their accomplishments. 
* Disease and Disorder blogs - This would be very informational about a variety of health issues and concerns.
* Healthy living blogs – This type of blog would have a lot of information on many different ways to have a life long healthy life.
* Student Centered Health blog - The students could come with their own health blog with useful information that's new and interesting.
* Community Involvement - An updated blog that gives the parents and the community updates on what is new in Health Class.


Health Education Blog Examples


Health Education edublogs
Spark PE Blog
Health Ed Blog
Your Health Educator


This is my Blog that I use for my Health and P.E. classes. This blog was set up to keep the parents in the community involved in what was going on in my classroom:
Parker P.E. & Health

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Try following other Health Education Blogs so you can get a variety of information and also get other ideas from many other Health Educators.
Try commenting on other Blogs as well to give them some feedback on their personal work.

Navigation Links


Go to Homepage : Effective Use of Blogging in Health Education
Go To Unit 1 : What is a Blog?
Go To Unit 2 : How to Create a Blog
Go To Unit 3 : Proper Blogging in Health
Go To Unit 4 : Health Education Blogging
Go To Unit 5 : How to Get Followers