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Blogging: Building a Bridge w ith 21st Century Skills

This article explores the benefits of blogging in the classroom, including teaching opportunities, building a community, and authentic writing purposes. It also provides guidelines for implementing blogging and aligning it with writing and reading standards.

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Blogging: Building a Bridge w ith 21st Century Skills

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  1. Blogging: Building a Bridge with 21st Century Skills Tonie Weddle Bullitt County Bullitt Lick Middle School July 10, 2012 12:10-1:10 PM

  2. Two guiding questions essential to answer when using technology: • What are the unique capacities of this tool? (i.e., what can I do with it that I can’t do with anything else?) • What does it allow me to do that is better (instructionally) than what I could do without it? Plugging in to Twenty-First Century Writersby Sara Kajder “…I disagree strongly with those who argue that our students are digital natives. Kids are digital immigrants, too, when it comes to purposeful and powerful uses of emergent technologies as readers and writers. If anything, teachers are more important than ever.” Newkirk, Thomas, and Richard Kent. Teaching the neglected "R": rethinking writing instruction in secondary classrooms. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print.

  3. Blogging provides the following: • an opportunity to actively teach. • a platform for building classroom community. • a place to lead students to read and write for authentic purposes. • a forum for published work. • a place where students are guaranteed that someone (other than the teacher) will read their writing. Before the Blogging Define blogging View models Internet safety Email/blog etiquette Set expectations Review blog rubric Students create personal blog account

  4. Writing Standards K-12

  5. Writing Standards 4-12

  6. Reading Standards K-12Literature

  7. Language Standards 2-12

  8. I can… …use technology to produce and publish writing, and interact and collaborate with my peers. …draw evidence from The Hunger Games and the video documentary “Inside North Korea” to analyze the similarities between the fictional capitol of Panem and the present day capitol of North Korea. …cite specific text evidence when writing a blog to support your conclusions drawn from the text. …use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing a blog.

  9. Collaboration Library Media Specialist: Ms. Rodriguez AASL Standards: 3.1.6 Use information and technology ethically and responsibly. 4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres. 4.1.5 Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience. CC6-8WH/SS/S/TS6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. CC6-8WH/SS/S/TS9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research. Reading Teacher: Mrs. Caranna Writing Teacher: Tonie Weddle

  10. Reading a whole novel in class is time consuming and may not be possible. Here are some suggestions for streamlining the process: Pull specific key excerpts from the novel. Students read novel outside of class and use sticky notes or a note-taking strategy to cite key ideas. Use independent reading books to make connections. (Will require deep planning.) From your packet, read the excerpts provided from The Hunger Games.

  11. The Media The Prompt: After watching the documentary Inside North Korea, what comparisons can you make between the North Korean government and the Capitol of Panem in the Hunger Games?

  12. List the key characteristics of District 12 and North Korea.Put a star by characteristics that are similar.

  13. The Blog Suggestions for writing: Students pre-write blog response on a Word Document and save before posting. Respond to student posts and probe for deeper answers. Require students to question and respond to peer postings. Suggestions for technology: Provide lessons for online etiquette. Discuss online safety, only use first name, don’t identify school or location, etc. Generate a list of student user names and passwords for the blog, they will forget.

  14. More Blog Prompts Entertainment Media The Hunger Games is broadcast and required for all the districts of Panem to see. Many aspects of the Hunger Games are controlled by the Gamemakers. What comparisons can you make between today's reality TV and the Hunger Games? Government Oppression The Hunger Games is primarily designed to oppress and control the districts in Panem. What other forms of the Capitol's control do the people in District 12 experience?

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