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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Blogging activities
BLOGGING ACTIVITIES
(http://classroomblogging.wikispaces.com/Blogging+Activities)
* A first week diary for those early days in January/February.
* Publishing daily work in shared writing during the literacy hour - possible uses of a Wiki to develop a longer piece of writing.
* Record and publish video to the blog.
* Book reviews, share thoughts and comments (positive and negative) about books recently read - it will encourage reading!
* A photo blog - upload favourite images linked to a theme eg. harvest, freezing, new life. Ask students to comment on reason why it's a favourite.
* Comments about which leisure/ after school activities they are involved in - It might encourage other kids to have a go at something new. Provide some structure to the blog eg. Activity?, Times?, day of week? would you recommend it? star rating etc.
* A daily weather blog - accurate records (eg. temp., rainfall, wind direction) through description and photographs. Just taking the old weather records to a different level!
* Community of Practice - learning new software
* Pupil feedback on units of study
* Podcasting in a foreign language
* Podcasting weekly newsletters for parents
* To get a few children started blogging use template based poetry useful.
* Book reviews can be illustrated with scans of children's art work, children seem to find using a scanner to scan there own pictures motivating
* Posting homework tasks every week - eg. maths problems, children to comment as their task.
* Ask teachers within the school from other classes to comment on work - a weekly principal blog would be a nice way to comment on work across the school.
* Concept Cartoons for science posted prior to a lesson or a week of work. Children are asked to comment on what they think will happen and then these can be used as a start to the first lesson or as an intitial assessment.
* Post of video of SMARTBoard or IWB session during a maths lesson. For example the strategies for multiplication and the children can use it as a revision aid - the parents get to see how the school wants it set out AND the children get to comment on their favoured method/strategy.
* "All about me - I am unique" posting simple CV work in the first few weeks - links to autobiography in Literacy.
* Post homework maths problems to solve.
* Local history - family members can be asked to help blog their memories of how the town / area has changed over the years. Perhaps post an old image from the past and ask grandparents etc to comment with children from your class.
* Posting images from a digi microscope for the children to comment on. "What is under our microscope?" - or even asking for people to guess what the image is and to comment on the suggestions.
* Post a health or ecological "problem" and have students come up with innovative solutions with proper research to back up the solution's feasibility.
* Establish some safe guidelines then simply let the kids write about their world and ideas and thoughts.
* Put up a blog post on a specific issue and invite students to contribute comments on the issue. As comments can be moderated before going live this is a simple and safe way to blog
(http://classroomblogging.wikispaces.com/Blogging+Activities)
* A first week diary for those early days in January/February.
* Publishing daily work in shared writing during the literacy hour - possible uses of a Wiki to develop a longer piece of writing.
* Record and publish video to the blog.
* Book reviews, share thoughts and comments (positive and negative) about books recently read - it will encourage reading!
* A photo blog - upload favourite images linked to a theme eg. harvest, freezing, new life. Ask students to comment on reason why it's a favourite.
* Comments about which leisure/ after school activities they are involved in - It might encourage other kids to have a go at something new. Provide some structure to the blog eg. Activity?, Times?, day of week? would you recommend it? star rating etc.
* A daily weather blog - accurate records (eg. temp., rainfall, wind direction) through description and photographs. Just taking the old weather records to a different level!
* Community of Practice - learning new software
* Pupil feedback on units of study
* Podcasting in a foreign language
* Podcasting weekly newsletters for parents
* To get a few children started blogging use template based poetry useful.
* Book reviews can be illustrated with scans of children's art work, children seem to find using a scanner to scan there own pictures motivating
* Posting homework tasks every week - eg. maths problems, children to comment as their task.
* Ask teachers within the school from other classes to comment on work - a weekly principal blog would be a nice way to comment on work across the school.
* Concept Cartoons for science posted prior to a lesson or a week of work. Children are asked to comment on what they think will happen and then these can be used as a start to the first lesson or as an intitial assessment.
* Post of video of SMARTBoard or IWB session during a maths lesson. For example the strategies for multiplication and the children can use it as a revision aid - the parents get to see how the school wants it set out AND the children get to comment on their favoured method/strategy.
* "All about me - I am unique" posting simple CV work in the first few weeks - links to autobiography in Literacy.
* Post homework maths problems to solve.
* Local history - family members can be asked to help blog their memories of how the town / area has changed over the years. Perhaps post an old image from the past and ask grandparents etc to comment with children from your class.
* Posting images from a digi microscope for the children to comment on. "What is under our microscope?" - or even asking for people to guess what the image is and to comment on the suggestions.
* Post a health or ecological "problem" and have students come up with innovative solutions with proper research to back up the solution's feasibility.
* Establish some safe guidelines then simply let the kids write about their world and ideas and thoughts.
* Put up a blog post on a specific issue and invite students to contribute comments on the issue. As comments can be moderated before going live this is a simple and safe way to blog
Send a message to your blog via email
* Go to customize
* Click on Settings
* Go to Email
* Type in your email address
* Save setting
Give it a go!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The big ten of blogging - rules to know
1. Please, no last names, addresses, or screen names. Only first names.
2. Do not link to your personal blog/journal from you school blog.
3. If you are writing your opinion on a topic, make sure you're not going to be offensive as you write it.
4. Type your response on "MICROSOFT WORD," spell check. Then copy and paste into the comments.
5. Show respect for others in your blog. Never make a person feel bad.
6. Don't write about others. Never share a person's name on your blog.
7. Watch your language! This is a part of our school community. Language that is inappropriate in school is also inappropriate for the blog.
8. Make sure things you write about are factual. Don't be posting about things that aren't true. Link to your sources.
9. Keep it education-oriented. That means that you probably shouldn't discuss your plans for the weekend.
10. Photographs should include groups.
11. Have fun learning and writing
Staff professional development day
In this first session on blogging, we are going to look at:
* What is a blog
* Blogs for teaching and learning
* The pros and cons
* Making it work in the classroom
* Ideas for using a blog to support rigorous learning
and we will look at some examples of blogs
* Connected reading and writing
After morning tea, we will look at how to set up a blog and we will give this a go.
Happy blogging!
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