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Texas Computer Education Association Blogs and Wikis Area 9 20 10 Conference. Facilitator: Peggy Reimers Director of Professional Development 512-450-5406 or 512-698-6440 preimers@tcea.org. TCEA PD. What is a blog?. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog.
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Texas Computer Education Association Blogs and Wikis Area 9 2010 Conference Facilitator: Peggy Reimers Director of Professional Development 512-450-5406 or 512-698-6440 preimers@tcea.org
TCEAPD What is a blog? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog A blog is a online journal that is frequently updated and intended for public consumption.
Blogs can Serve Many Purposes for Teachers • to communicate information to parents and students. • create a running journal of classroom activities and lessons throughout the year. • used by students to record and reflect on their own learning. • Have students be contributing authors on a class blog and have them write a weekly reflection on their own learning.
TCEAPD Why subscribe to blogs? Using blogs as a communication tool connects us to ideas we otherwise wouldn’t find and to people we’d never meet. It helps us do our jobs better and deliver more value to the people we’re charged with serving. by Matthew K. Tabor on May 1, 2007
TCEAPD Blogs To Follow! http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/Educational-Blogs-You-Should-Investigating-2787268
TCEAPD http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=2403 Host: Kelly Tenkely http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/ Host: Scott McLeod http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/ Host: Karl Fischhttp://weblogg-ed.com/ Host: Will Richardson http://cougarramblings.blogspot.com/ Host: Christine Archerhttp://preilly.wordpress.com/ Host: Pete Reillyhttp://strengthofweakties.org/ Host: David Jakeshttp://scottsfloyd.com/ Host: Scott S. Floyd Lori Gracey Twitter: @tcea Blogs to follow
TCEAPD 2 Cents Worth Host: David Warlick BlogBoard Host: Teacher Magazine Blue Skunk Blog Host: Doug Johnson EduBlog Awards Nominations List of all categories of blogs Infinite Thinking Machine Hosts: This group The Innovative Educator Host: Lisa Nielsen Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch Host: Kathy Schrock Moving at the Speed of Creativity Host: Wesley Fryer Kathy Schrock http://kathyschrock.net/edtechblogs.htm 20 Educational Technology Blogs Most -popular -controversial -informative
TCEAPD Richard Bryne http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ My personal favorite!
TCEAPD Richard Bryne http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/05/fantastic-list-of-education-blogs.html 100 Most Inspiring & Innovate Blogs for Education http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/100-most-inspiring-and-innovative-blogs-for-educators.html + 3 more, from Richard Bryne… Dangerously Irrelevant Ilearn Technology It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages
TCEAPD Teachers can use blogs to… Increase student motivation. To increase reading and writing skills. As an interactive collaborative tool. To help build social networks. How can Teachers and Student use them??
TCEAPD 3 Good Platforms for Classroom Blogging http://edublogs.org/ https://www.blogger.com/start http://kidblog.org/home.php
TCEAPD What is a Wiki? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor become a participant: you can create or edit the actual site contents without any special technical knowledge or tools.
TCEAPD 3 Good Platforms for Classroom Wikis https://plans.pbworks.com/academic/?utm_campaign=nav-tracking&utm_source=Top%20navigation http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
TCEAPD TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/
TCEAPD Resource Wikispace for Area 9 Conference http://reimersresources.wikispaces.com