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Blending Blogs into the Curriculum

Blending Blogs into the Curriculum. Presented at WPEC December 5, 2013 Toni Sulkowski. What is a blog?. we. weB. LOG. What is a blog?. weB. LOG. Target: Communication. It is more than developing writing skills. It is more than word processing. Develop critical reading skills.

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Blending Blogs into the Curriculum

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  1. Blending Blogs into the Curriculum Presented at WPEC December 5, 2013 Toni Sulkowski

  2. What is a blog? • we weB LOG

  3. What is a blog? weB LOG

  4. Target: Communication

  5. It is more than developing writing skills

  6. It is more than word processing

  7. Develop critical reading skills

  8. Develop critical thinking skills

  9. “Kids can post their writing, projects, thoughts and reflections.”

  10. “Teachers can provide prompts or starters and kids can pick up and run with it.”

  11. Broadens Audience

  12. Facilitates Interaction

  13. Actively Engages Students in any Subject

  14. Promotes Research

  15. What’s a Wiki? • Anyone can create and edit content • A collaborative effort • Constant revisions • Wiki is from the Hawaiian meaning “hurry” or “quick”

  16. Ways to Use Wikis • Group research projects • Authentic assessment of student work • Collaborative story telling • Class Vocabulary dictionary • Project-based learning • Chronology of events • Collaborative experiment reports

  17. Twitter/Edmodo • Microblogging –Writing in brief formats to give information, ask questions, create quick assessments

  18. Blend Technology into Learning

  19. Resources • Images • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/journal.html • Twocanview.com critical thinking • http://www.123rf.com/photo_7551869_cut-logs-in-logging-area.html • http://www.changerus.com/Free-Spider-Web-Team-Game.html • http://lans-soapbox.com/2012/06/16/collaborative-writing-and-ffrp/interactions/ • http://www.netrafic.com/blog/your-audience-is-your-priority/

  20. Images, cont. • https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/how-can-i-help-students-become-collaboration-coordinators-in-my-classroom/ • http://engage.wisc.edu/collaboration/ • http://www.scholarixsolution.com/wp/top-5-collaboration-elearning-tools/ • http://weewebwonders.pbworks.com/w/page/9067396/FrontPage

  21. Resources • http://blog.web20classroom.org/2013/04/soyou-wanna-use-blogs-in-classroom.html • The Basics of Blogging by Frank Buck, NAESP,Vol.85, No.2, November/December 2005, pp.54-55. • Getting Started With Classroom Blogging by Ryan Bretag from TechLearning.com • http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

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