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Process: Task 4

April 23, 2008 · 1 Comment

Now that you’ve created your own blog and learned the basics, it’s time  to think about how you might involve your students in blogging.

In this final task, you will work on your own to create and post to your blog a lesson integrating blogging.

                            Step by Step Directions For Classroom Teachers

Sample Blogging Lessons   

 1. Think about a lesson, unit, or activity you currently teach with your students.   

  • What are the goals of the lesson?
  • What, specifically, should students know and be able to do at the completion of the lesson?
  • How might you teach the lesson in a different way-using blogging?
  • How could students use blogging to master the same content and skills?
Teacher Blogs:   

Class Blogs:

Individual Student Blogs:

Helpful Resources

Standards

 3. What type of blog would work best for the lesson?   

  • A teacher blog to which students contribute?
  • A class blog with multiple authors?
  • Individual student blogs?

4. What resources do you need to provide to scaffold students?

  • Would a project checklist be helpful?
  • Would a list of links to sources be helpful?
  • Are graphic organizers needed?

5. How will you assess students’ learning?

  • Do you need to provide a rubric?
  • How will you assess students work throughout the lesson as well as the end product?

6. Now, create a lesson, project, or unit that integrates blogging. Create (or locate and link to) accompanying resources. Post the lessons and resources on your blog.

Before beginning, you might want to explore some of the lessons in the links to the left.

For Other Educators (Administrators, Curriculum Coordinators, Literacy or Math Specialist, Educational Technologists…)

Support Blogging  (See the sidebar at right where blogs are categorized by type.)

Teacher Lingo

(Another huge list of categorized educator blogs)

Use a blog search to search for blogs in your specific speciality area:

 
  1. Think about the way you communicate and collaborate with colleagues, parents, other educators.
  • How might you use a blog to improve communication?
  • How might you use a blog to inspire and model best practices?
  • How might you use a blog to collaborate with other educators?

2. Explore at least three of the blogs from the list of blogs at Support Blogging or Teacher Lingo. As you explore, think about how you might learn from them or modify their methods to suit your purposes.
3.  Now, plan one project or activity that allows you to use your blog to help you reach out to others more effectively.
4.  Write a post on your blog either explaining your project plan or (if possible within the time limits of this course) create the actual project.

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