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Blogs in the Classroom

Blogs in the Classroom. Germán Suárez Jamie Pearson Cobb County School District. What is a Blog?. Not quite got it yet!.

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Blogs in the Classroom

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  1. Blogs in the Classroom Germán Suárez Jamie Pearson Cobb County School District

  2. What is a Blog? Not quite got it yet! A blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. A blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. Readers have the ability to leave comments. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art, photographs, videos, music, audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media

  3. Where can I get one?

  4. How do they use it? • Harriet_Tubman • World War II • Sarah, Plain and Tall Lit Review • The Secret Life of Bees • Ellie's (Grade 7) Math Blog • 10 ways to use your edublog to teach • Blogs in Education • German Suarez

  5. How can I use it? Limited only by your imagination • Options for instructors using Blogs: • Content-related blog as professional practice • Networking and personal knowledge sharing • Instructional tips for students • Course announcements and readings • Annotated links • Knowledge management • Options for students using Blogs in your courses include: • Reflective or writing journals • Knowledge management • Assignment submission and review • Dialogue for group work • E-portfolios • Share course-related resources http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/

  6. Can I add Video to it? Yes! TeacherTube lets you host videos that you Easily can embed into your Blog.

  7. What About Audio? You can also add audio to your Blog! You can add Music, your voice, or your students voice. The following free software lets you record and manipulate audio files: And…

  8. Add the following code... <p><strong>Title of the Audio file</strong></p> <embed width="225" height="20" autoplay="false" controller="true" type="audio/mpeg" src=“Location and name of file to include on the Blog"></embed>

  9. …to your Posting under html view for Typepad

  10. Goodies

  11. Questions? German.Suarez@cobbk12.org http://campbellhighschool.typepad.com/german_suarez/ Jamie.Pearson@cobbk12.org http://tiscobb.typepad.com/jamie_pearson/

  12. Reference • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog • http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/ • http://www.animationfactory.com/en/

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