Blogs

[|Wikipedia] defines a blog as a "website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order." Many refer to blogs as online diaries or journals.

=Blogging In Plain English =

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 =Blog Providers: [|Edublogs] [|Blogger]=  =What can you do with a blog? = =**You might like to create a reflective, journal type blog to...**=
 * reflect on your teaching experiences.
 * keep a log of teacher-training experiences.
 * write a description of a specific teaching unit.
 * describe what worked for you in the classroom and what didn't work.
 * provide some teaching tips for other teachers.
 * write about something you learned from another teacher.
 * explain teaching insights you gain from what happens in your classes.
 * share ideas for teaching activities or language games to use in the classroom.
 * provide some how-to's on using specific technology int he class, describing how you used this technology in your own class.
 * explore important teaching and learning issues.

=**You might like to start a class blog to...**= Retrieved from [|Tapped In] and posted by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach.
 * post class-related information such as calendars, events, homework assignments and other pertinent information.
 * post assignments based on literature readings and have students respond on their own weblogs, create a kind of portfolio of their work.
 * communicate with parents if you are teaching elementary school students.
 * post prompts for writing.
 * provide examples of classwork, vocabulary activities, or grammar game.
 * provide online readings for your students to read and react to.
 * 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.
 * post photos and comment on class activities.
 * invite student comments or postings on issues in order to give them a writing voice.
 * publish examples of good student writing done in class.
 * show case student art, poetry, and creative stories.
 * create a dynamic teaching site, posting not only class-related information, but also activities, discussion topics, links to additional information about topics they are studying in class, and readings to inspire learning.
 * create a literature circle.
 * create an online book club.
 * make use of the commenting feature to have students publish messages on topics being used to develop language skills.
 * ask students to create their own individual course blogs, when they can post their own ideas, reactions and written work.
 * post tasks to carry out project-based learning tasks with students.
 * build a class newsletter, using student-written articles and photos they take.
 * link your class with another class somewhere else in the world.

 =Examples of Class Blogs: =

[|Erin McGuyer's]  classes at Hewitt Trussville Middle School [|Larry Jones']  science classes at Hewitt Trussville Middle School