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Blogs, Videos, and Pictures – Oh My!

Blogs, Videos, and Pictures – Oh My!. Eric Sprung – Principal Birch Meadow Elementary, Reading, MA Brian Middleton-Cox – Principal Woodville School, Wakefield, MA Blue Ribbon Conference Reading, MA April 15-16, 2010. About Us. Eric Sprung

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Blogs, Videos, and Pictures – Oh My!

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  1. Blogs, Videos, and Pictures – Oh My! Eric Sprung – Principal Birch Meadow Elementary, Reading, MA Brian Middleton-Cox – Principal Woodville School, Wakefield, MA Blue Ribbon Conference Reading, MA April 15-16, 2010

  2. About Us • Eric Sprung • Taught 3rd and 4th grade and served as assistant principal in Fairfax County, Virginia • Served as Principal in Burlington and Reading, MA • In the past year expanded uses GOOGLE READER/RSS FEEDS/BLOG/PHOTO STORY/FLIP VIDEO • Brian Middleton-Cox • Taught 2nd, 3rd, 4th grades in Massachusetts • Served as Principal in Wakefield, MA • In this past year expanded the use of GOOGLE READER/BLOG/VIDEOS

  3. Overview of Session PollEverywhere.com Blogs for Educational Leaders Keeping Current Resources

  4. Polleverywhere.com www.polleverywhere.com Free instant data collection with graph Responses to your poll can be collected via web link, text message, twitter Insert your poll into a PowerPoint presentation Up to 30 responses free – you can upgrade and downgrade your plan depending on your needs

  5. Polleverywhere.com question Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

  6. Blogging for Educational Leaders Sharing News and Events Progress Monitoring Status Alerts Marketing Public Relations Community Building Customer Relations Branding Creating “Customer Evangelists” Thought Leadership Advocacy Replacing the School Website

  7. Examples of Educational Blogs • Examples of Blogs • Mr. Sprung’s Blog • Mr. Middleton-Cox’s Blog • Superintendent of Burlington Public Schools • Principal of Burlington High School • Angela Maiers • Will Richardson – Blogging in Schools

  8. Blogging Platforms Blogger Edublogs Blogmeister WordPress 21Classes

  9. Starting Your Blog in 10 Minutes or Less Getting Started

  10. Adding Pictures and Videos • http://birchmeadowprincipal.blogspot.com/ • Simple Pictures • Videos – Flip cameras • Use flip cameras and create a video to imbed in your blog • Photo Stories – download photostory3 • Free Music for your photo story – freeplaymusic.com

  11. ClustrMaps View ClustrMaps to add a map that shows the geographic locale of visitors to your blog.

  12. READERS AND FEEDS RSS FEEDS • RSS FeedBurner - you’ll likely see the standard RSS icon or the letters RSS • RSS: Select your feed readers - Common READERS include: NewzCrawler and FeedDemon.  For Mac users, NewsFire and NetNewsWire are popular choices.  Google Reader works well on any platform, and most web browsers, like Firefox, Safari, and Opera, offer built-in RSS functions • FEEDS will allow you to add links to e-mail, favorites, or a READER READER UPDATES Cut and Paste URL into Reader http://www.usatoday.com

  13. Assessment www.surveymonkey.com

  14. Contact Us Eric Spring Principal Birch Meadow School Reading, MA esprung@reading.k12.ma.us Brian Middleton-Cox Principal Woodville School Wakefield, MA Middleton-cox@wakefield.k12.ma.us

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