"teacher blogs: getting started": uta new teacher series
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Teacher Blogs: Getting Started!Educators as bloggers
Hosted by:Peggy Semingson, Ph.D.
Justin Dellinger, MAMarla Robertson, Ph.D.
Dr. Harrison McCoyDavid Sparks, Ph.D.
University of Texas at ARLINGTONDept. of Curriculum and InstructionNew Teacher Webinar Series, Fall 2015
Recordings will be available of webinars. No names will be visible in the recordings.
Type in the chat window with questions or comments throughout!
The recording will be available on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/utanewteachers
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015 1:00-1:45 PM, CST
Goals for the Webinar
The opinions of each the presenters in the series are their own individual viewpoints and do not necessarily reflect the views of UT Arlington.
Our goal is for you to hear a variety of viewpoints to help support you in your first years of teaching! We have been down the road you are going!
– Support– Respect– Dialogue– Sharing
• Ask questions and post comments along the way.
• Main Q/A at the end.• Make a list of “Things to
Google” later.• Use chat window often. • We will check the chat
window throughout the session and respond in “real time” as we can.
Tips for your own learning
RecordingsArchive
Social Media:
YouTube [video]: http://www.youtube.com/utanewteachers Slideshare [PowerPoints]http://www.slideshare.net/utanewteachers Facebook Page [interaction/updates]: https://www.facebook.com/UTANewTeacherProject Blog: http://utanewteachers.com/
• Thanks for joining us! Please use the marker/pen tool to mark a small x below where you are at. You can also type it in the chat window.
WHERE WE ARE NOW:Use the pen tool to mark your location
Poll question: • Where are you in your teaching
career? • Select A-E ptional! We will display the results!• The drop down polling area is in the participants’ window
next to the “hand” tool. I am currently a:
A. Pre-service teacherB. 1st-3rd year teacher & UTA graduateC. 1st-3rd year teacher & non-UTA graduateD. 4th year+ teacherE. Faculty or none of the above
Our Presenters
Dr. Peggy Semingson Justin Dellinger, MA Dr. Marla Robertson
Dr. Harrison McCoy Dr. David Sparks
Links from Today’s Webinar
• Links from today’s webinar in one Google Doc:• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nODeI
PCpjPf--QByVD8cIqEpl2HCChxQDI3n9g_2qYQ/edit#
Link to Recording of Today’s Webinar
• Click here to view the Blackboard Collaborate recording of today’s webinar:
• https://elearn.uta.edu/webapps/bb-collaborate-bb_bb60/recording/launchGuest?uid=28204be4-dc27-4dfc-babc-eb536efae448
UTA New Teacher Blog
Would you be interested in guest blogging for the forthcoming UTA New Teacher Blog? If so, please contact Dr. Peggy Semingson directly and ask to be. Let us know what topics you would be interested in blogging. We are open to ideas and welcome one-time contributions or regular posts! Benefits of blogging include influencing new teachers, building your skills as a blogger, and adding it to your resume as a published venue!
http://utanewteachers.com/ Dr. Semingson: [email protected]
Blogging Options
• Free versus paid• Teacher bloggers can connect with each other• Read/Read + comment/write• What are the benefits of being a [teacher]
blogger? Type your ideas in the chat window• What blogs do you read or want to read?
Justin Dellinger, Research Coordinator Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Lab,
The University of Texas at Arlington
A Domain of One’s Own
Follow Bloggers
Follow Teacher Bloggers
Follow Authors and Educators on Twitter
Join Professional Organizations
Just Do It! Wordpress
Just Do It! Blogger
Just Do It! Weebly
Teacher Blogs:Getting Started
@drharrisonmccoytheothereduguy.blogspot.com
2015
Think about why you are blogging
1. Share Your Best Ideas2. Reflect on Your Process3. Create an Authentic Audience4. Become a Resource5. Plan Your Own PD6. Create a Digital Presence7. Be Ahead of Your Students8. Showcase Student Work
Decide what youwill call your blog
Connect with what your blog posts will consist of and play with words that will help communicate the content as well as the spirit.
Imagine a memorable domain name.
Decide where youwill post your blog
http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/choosing-a-blogging-platform-quick-reference
How will you decide what to write about?
1. Creative solutions2. Courage to be innovative3. Entertainment and encouragement4. Understanding for complex issues
http://amylynnandrews.com/how-to-decide-what-to-blog-about/
Set up a schedule and write whether you think you have an audience or not.
Some blogs I’m reading:http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/http://www.freetech4teachers.com/http://www.edudemic.com/https://jonharper70.wordpress.com/http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/http://www.edutopia.org/blogshttp://catlintucker.com/http://www.teachercast.net/http://starrsackstein.com/http://mrkempnz.com/http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/https://shelleywright.wordpress.com/http://www.cyclesoflearning.com/
PowerPoint TemplateCourtesy of
www.presentationmagazine.com
Dr. David SparksScience-focused education blogger
Dr. Sparks maintains several blogs.
He blogs both personally and professionally.
End-of-Webinar Poll
• Would you consider starting a blog of your own?
• Yes
• No
Feel free to type comments in the chat window.
What do you think?type in the chat window!
• What information stood out to you from the presentation?
• What questions do you have?
• “I hope to explore.…”• “I learned….”• “ I want to try….”• “I want to know….”
Graduate Program in Literacy Studies• http://
www.utcoursesonline.org/programs/programinfo/med/curriculumandinstruction/index.html • Email Dr. Kathleen Tice about Literacy Studies:
[email protected] • Our other Master’s programs in Curriculum and
Instruction: https://www.uta.edu/coed/gradadvising/programs/curricandinstruct/index.php
UT Arlington Master’s in Mind, Brain, and Education
Our work at the SW Center for Mind, Brain and Education seeks to advance the quality of teaching based upon insights gained from the cognitive and neural sciences as well as contribute to research in this new and evolving field.
We build collaborative research relationships with schools, develop research trajectories that profit from the strengths of our faculty and students and maintain a working and teaching laboratory for researchers and graduate students.
1. Courses include: Neuroscience of typical and atypical language development Neuroscience of typical and atypical mathematical reasoning Complex dynamic systems Research design EEG research methodology
2. Individual work: Research-based capstone project encouraged - Conference presentations encouraged - Publishing in peer-reviewed journals
For more information on the Mind, Brain, and Education Master’s degree, please contact Dr. Marc [email protected]