Apolenis, Molnar & Weeg, Wicomico County, 2008

Agenda

• What is a blog?• Why Blog?• Look at samples of Blogs• Blog• Learn how to blog with students

What is it?A blog is an on-line journal.

Blog is short for web log.

Web + log = blogAn introduction to using Edublogs

Writing posts and pages

Why Blog?

• Engaging• Motivational• Immediate• Authentic• Make Connections• Fun• And . . .

More reasons to blog . . .

• Identify student’s background knowledge• Guide students to reasonable answers• Practice using mathematical language• Informally assess students• Document students’ growth• Think aloud and get responses to thoughts

Examples of Blogs• Technology Coach• Mrs. McGovern’s Rela• Karten’s Characters• Mustang Pride• Trucker Buddy• The Write Weblog• Mrs. Sempke’s Blog

Let’s Blog!

cmolnar.edublogs.org

How do I use it?

• Set guidelines• Consider using an “Acceptable Uses”

policy/contract• Model• Monitor, Monitor, Monitor!

Where can I get a blog?

• Edublogs.org

• Gaggle.net

Additional Resources

• Atomic Learning

• Teaching Today

• Educating Alice