Blogger
- 1. BLOGGER.COM FOR MATHEMATICS INTEGRATING BLOGGING INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM DANIELLE PARKER
- 2. WHAT’S ON MY BLOGGER SITE • RSS feeds for articles on how mathematics is used in the everyday world • Blogging Rubric for students • Questions students need to answer in blog post • Videos students can respond to in lieu of articles • Rules of the Blog • “How To” tutorial for getting set up, posting videos, links, pictures, comments, and blog responses
- 3. CHECK IT OUT! • Class Blog Mathematics in the Real World Blog
- 4. STUDENT ASSESSMENT Students will be assessed on: • Structure: Grammar, punctuation, spelling, length • Content: How well does the student answer the 5 questions; mathematical relevance of the article • Reflection: Thoughtfulness of the blog post, addition of supporting images, links, videos, etc. • Understanding: student has an understanding of mathematical concepts and their applications • Comments: students made thoughtful comments on other students’ blog posts, added supporting or additional information
- 5. 21ST CENTURY SKILLS ADDRESSED • Students will develop global, financial, business, health, and environmental awareness through the incorporation of the real world articles in the classroom • Support learning across subjects • Inspire students to take their own initiative to increase their learning • Promotion of communication and collaboration between students • Increase technology skills and fluency
- 6. HOW TO GET STARTED… • Go to Blogger.com *Sign in with Google Account
- 8. FILL OUT TITLE, CREATE BLOG ADDRESS, AND PICK DESIGN
- 9. EDIT LAYOUT
- 10. ADD GADGET(S)
- 11. EXAMPLES OF AVAILABLE GADGETS
- 12. ADDING CONTENT • In layout, select gadgets you want to use (Text, Image, Feed, etc) and add information • You can drag and drop gadgets to customize your layout • “Save Arrangement” • Use Slide Share to embed PowerPoints • You can also see a Preview of you Blog
- 13. EMBEDDING RSS FEEDS • Click on “Add Gadget” • Select Feed gadget • Add RSS feed URL • Select options • Save!
- 14. ADDING BLOG POSTS • Go to Blog • Click “New Post” • “Compose” allows you to write, post images, videos and links • “HTML” allows you to embed
- 15. ADDITIONAL GADGETS FOR STUDENTS • Search this blog • Subscribe to this blog • Follow • Contact Me
- 16. HOW TO FOLLOW • Click JOIN THIS SITE • In order for students to add their blog posts directly to this site, students need to create a Gmail account • Students can submit Gmail address through the Contact Form with class code as the message in order for the Administrator to collect emails • Administrator can then add students as Authors
- 17. HOW TO ADD STUDENT AUTHORS • Have students set up a Gmail account • Collect Gmail addresses • Click “Settings” select “Basic” • Scroll down to Permissions • Click +add authors and enter student email addresses • Students will need to accept invite through their Gmail account • Each student will be listed as an Author while you are the Administrator
- 18. HAVING STUDENTS CREATE A GMAIL ACCOUNT • Go to Gmail • Click Create an account • Create user name and password • example: firstname.lastname.83@ gmail.com • Please make sure user name includes your first name, last name, and class code • If your user name is not available, see me for instructions
- 19. CONNECTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE BLOG • Go to: http://studentmathbloggers.blogspot.com/ • Scroll to bottom of blog • Click “Join This Site” • Go to Contact Form • Submit name, Gmail address you just created, and message as class code • Go to your Gmail account • Open email “You have been invited to contribute to Mathematics in the Real World” • Click “Accept Invitation”
- 20. KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS • Overview provides you with how much traffic is coming to your blog • Stats provides you with who is visiting the site daily, weekly, monthly. You can also see who has posted blog responses from week to week here.
- 21. KEEPING TRACK OF STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS • Posts provides Blog Titles, Authors, date, time, and Comments within • Comments provides information on who is posting to who’s blog, date, time