starting and sustaining a blog for global understanding

Starting and sustaining a

Blog for global understanding

http://bit.ly/1i9Wn71

What is a blog?

Why blog for global connectedness?

•A readily available, accessible online site•Provides an understanding of your country, culture, ideals, experiences, learning in the classroom etc•Enables ongoing conversations through comments•Provides a rich learning space

Walking through a blog

Class blog

Student blog - Tayla

http://lov0003.global2.vic.edu.au/

How to add a post

Skype linkup with year 6 Lana from Boston who taught Australian students how to create sprites in Scratch

Kailyn’s post

From a post by Beatriz (grade 4)

Learning about scratch with Lanna was great I reckon it was magical the way she showed us the snow outside it was the first time I ever saw snow. I asked a lot of questions I was very interested in what we were learning for example……

how long have you been using scratch? she had been using it for 3 years which means she has a lot of experience with scratch.

Embed google maps with pins to track connections

Comments

Keep the conversations going!

Comments

Global comments for conversations

Pages – About Me or Us

•General information•No personal details•Strong profile•Handshake

About Me or About Us Page

Tips from Sue Wyatt

Know how to add…….

Clocklink

<script src="http://www.clocklink.com/embed.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">obj=new Object;obj.clockfile="5003-orange.swf";obj.TimeZone="AEST"; obj.width=192;obj.height=16;obj.wmode="transparent";obj.DateFormat="yyyy / mm / dd DDD";obj.TimeFormat="hh:mm:ss TT";showClock(obj);</script>

Embed code

A weather widget

Translate widgets

Other widgets for global connections

To add powerpoint presentations

• Upload to slideshare• Grab the code, add to a post!

Tags

Links

http://antoineta.wordpress.com

Learn to Translate

Some sample blogs• Mrs Linda Yollis• Dorothy’s Professional Blog • Louise Morgan mrsmorganstarslog• Anne Mirtschin: teacher blog, class teaching blog• The edublogs awards• Kathy Cassidy blog

Student blogs• Tayla• Georgia

Resources

•student blogging challenge•teacher blogging challenge•edublogs awards•theedublogger

Adding a post to http://flatconnections.org

Consider…..•Mobile apps•Choosing a theme that suits mobile reading• Joining a quadblogging group•Taking part in the student blogging challenge•Some countries may block blogging sites

Tips•Post regularly•Read other blogs•Comment on others’ blog posts•Share new posts on social media eg twitter, facebook etc•Let your blog take direction over time

eFind Me

mirtschin@gmail.comTwitter: http:www.twitter.com/murchaMy blog: http://murcha.wordpress.comClass blog: http://murch.global2.vic.edu.auTech Talk Tuesdays: http://techtalktuesdays.global2.vic.edu.au