Blogs For the Classroom September 18, 2007
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Several people are attending a workshop today on using Blogs in their classroom. I have talked to several teachers that have already used blogs with their students with success! These teachers tell me that students that would not write or respond in their journals participate more on the blog. Students are interested to see what their classmates write and they enjoy using the technology. Is this not what our goal is? We want the students engaged in the learning. Use the tools available to you! You can set up a blog for free and get your students sharing what they learn with a global audience. Have you used a blog in your classroom? Did you have success? Any problems? What are some things to think about? Privacy? Are you planning to start a blog? Send me the links…
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We had a teacher offer to teach us to create blogs on the workday 5/29. Several took advantage and have used them with much success. Here is a link that the students used to discuss their summer reading.
http://oghshonorsenglish12.blogspot.com
I love the idea of blogs. When I was a classroom teacher, I posted links, quotations to respond to, ask the students to respond to at least one other student, and they uploaded documents.
One of the easiest blogs to set up can be done at http://www.nicenet.org.
I have a blog that mainly shows what is happening in the library each week. It’s simple, not very elaborate.
I started using blogs this year with my fourth grade class. This is our class blog page address.
http://mrsh2os.blogspot.com/