Blogging Staff Development
- 1. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MANAWA WENDY HARTMAN 2/25/2008 HTTP://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/HARTMANWP/BLOGGING-STAFF-DEVELOPMENT/ Staff Blogging Workshop
- 2. Blogging Staff Development-Agenda Why Let Students Blog ? Blogs in Plain English Blog Examples, Features, and Navigation Possible Blog Products Brainstorm Activity Wikis in Plain English Hands-on Time
- 3. What is a Blog? Short for Web Log Interactive online communication tool Instantaneous publication Feedback from teachers, peers, others Global audience (public blogs only) “ Posts” are viewed in reverse chronological order Gives the quiet student a “voice”
- 4. Example Blogs Ed Tech Buzz at Hilton Elementary Schools Terrific Tales http:// terrifictales.blogspot.com / Bit by Bit http:// bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress / Deb Raffanti’s Classroom Blog Room 303 – Aldo Leopold School, Green Bay Weblogg -ed – Why Weblogs ? Manawa Middle School Manawa School Libraries Blog
- 5. Blog Features and Options Public or Private Blogs Restrict audience and contributors Can moderate (censor) posts Include graphics, photos, audio, video Link to other blogs and/or websites Blog archives and categories
- 6. Possible Blog Products www.blogger.com http:// edublogs.org www.21classes.com http:// www.classblogmeister.com /
- 7. Sites to Check Out Blogging ABC Book http://www2.gsu.edu/~coeapd/abc/index.html Blogging 101 http://www.unc.edu/~zuiker/blogging101/index.html Teacher Tube http:// www.teachertube.com Slide Share http://www.slideshare.net Atomic Learning Tutorials (14 day trial) http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home Username = manawa Password = wolves