What- “Blog number two for my classroom!”
1. Talk about the digital footprint of both the student and teacher- implications (5-7 mins)
“What if someone finds this five or ten years from now?”
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Click "DOC" in the left hand side of the following digital version of the Workshop syllabus handout packet or use your personal paper copy for instructions.
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2. Recap discussion on “Changing Education Paradigms” and "Future Learning Short Documentary". Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. (5-7 mins)
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3. Use Blogger to create a blogroll if it wasn’t completed at the last class. (10-15 mins)
* add gadgets to your layout, images and comment on other workshop mates' blog posts.
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4. Let’s
explore some other people’s blogs. Blogs about education or educational
technology can be found at 2012
edublog awards winners. Check the
headings for Best individual blog, Best ed tech blog, Best group blog, and Best
resource sharing blog.
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5. Brainstorm about blogging in classroom, how does this benefit the LOTE classroom? (15 mins)
What can a blog can offer educators/students, what are 21st century skills? PAGE 39 of Will Richardson text
A Post class related information such as calendars, events, homework, etc.
B Post assignments and have students respond on their own blogs as sort of a journal.
C communicate with parents
D post prompts for writing
E provide examples of classwork, vocabulary activities, or grammar games
F provide online readings for your students to read and react to
G gather and organize internet resources for a specific course, providing links to appropriate sites and annotating the links as to what is relevant about them
H post photos and comment on class activities
I invite student comments or postings on issues in order to give them a voice
J publish examples of good student writing
K publish examples of good student presentations
L showcase student art, poetry, and creative stories
M create a dynamic teaching site, posting not only the above mentioned ideas, but also yourself via podcast/YouTube video
N create an online book club
O have students publish and respnd to comments to develop language skills
P have students create their own individual course blogs, where they can post their own ideas, reactions and written works.
Q build a class newsletter
R link your class blog to another class blog around the world
S surveys
T showcase results of project-based learning
U share ideas for the future of education
V help the anxious language learner to develop their listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills
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BREAK (10 mins)
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6. Set up blog #2 (blog for the classroom) while collaborating with other workshop participants/facilitator (45 mins) START small!!! Post homework, class links, blogroll
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7. Be
ready to show both your personal/professional AND classroom blogs at day 3 (next class) of this workshop
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9. Homework!!!
1. Check with your district policies on using blogger.com.
What is filtered out of the system network as far as
accessible Internet sites?
What is filtered out of the system network as far as
accessible Internet sites?
***Please comment your thoughts on this 20 minute video below.
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Checklist- Day 2
o Update your password handout to write
down
key usernames/passwords/notes- IF ANY?
key usernames/passwords/notes- IF ANY?
o Create new blog #2 for classroom use
o Name your blog site {note blog link (site
address) on handout}
address) on handout}
o Change settings in blog (see day 1
instructions)
o Post your new blog #2 site link to my
blog post
#1 (where your other blog #1 link is)
#1 (where your other blog #1 link is)
o Experiment with templates
o Set up a blogroll and added some
edublogger
blogs to your blogroll
blogs to your blogroll
o
Embed
a YouTube video to your classroom
blog if you wish
blog if you wish
o Post to your blog #1 about your ideas on
blogging in the classroom if not done already.
blogging in the classroom if not done already.
o Post a comment on another workshop
participant's blog
participant's blog
o Begin posting to your classroom blog
(blog
#2)- quality posts….
#2)- quality posts….
o Start on homework!
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