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Starting and sustaining a
Blog for global understanding
http://bit.ly/1i9Wn71
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What is a blog?
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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
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Walking through a blog
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Class blog
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How to add a post
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Skype linkup with year 6 Lana from Boston who taught Australian students how to create sprites in Scratch
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Kailyn’s post
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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.
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Embed google maps with pins to track connections
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Comments
Keep the conversations going!
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Global comments for conversations
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Pages – About Me or Us
•General information•No personal details•Strong profile•Handshake
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Know how to add…….
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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
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A weather widget
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Translate widgets
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Other widgets for global connections
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To add powerpoint presentations
• Upload to slideshare• Grab the code, add to a post!
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Tags
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Links
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http://antoineta.wordpress.com
Learn to Translate
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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
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Resources
•student blogging challenge•teacher blogging challenge•edublogs awards•theedublogger
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Adding a post to http://flatconnections.org
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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
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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
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eFind Me
[email protected]: 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