Blogs in the Classroom

What is a blog?

How can you use a blog in your classroom? Reflective writing Journals (e.g., in place of science laboratory

notebooks or a paper journal for Language Arts class) Share course-related resources Literature circles Produce real-world writing about current events Hold discussions outside the classroom after class Guest Speaker blogs Poetry blogs Submit homework assignments Write in a foreign language blog As a classroom discussion and debate area Role-playing blog Blog newspaper for class or school.

Or

Content-related blog as professional practice

Networking and personal knowledge sharing

Instructional tips for students

Course announcements and readings

Annotated links Knowledge

management.

Students can create their own blogs too

Reflective or writing journals

Knowledge management

Assignment submission and review

Dialogue for group work

E-portfolios Share course-related

resources.

Here are some examples

http://www.mshogue.com/ http://esilveira.edublogs.org/ http://mssilveira.edublogs.org/ http://millersenglish10.blogspot.com/ http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/bl

og/ http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/miolsen/

Try doing a search for more…

Two Blogging Sites

http://edublogs.org/ https://www.blogger.com/start There are plenty out there…

Pair-Share

What skills can a blog teach or encourage in students?

What potential issues or dangers do you see?

So let’s get started.

For what aspect of classroom management or curriculum will you use your blog?

How interactive will it be?

Other Web Tools

Delicious.com http://delicious.com/mssilveira▪ http://delicious.com/mssilveira/janeeyre

Diigo.com Wikispaces.com

http://avaplanguage.wikispaces.com/ Forums

Moodle.com Proboards.com▪ http://www.avapliterature.proboards.com/index.cgi?boar

d=general Ning.com▪ http://avapliterature.ning.com/