Blending Blogs into the Curriculum

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Blending Blogs into the Curriculum. Presented at WPEC December 5, 2013 Toni Sulkowski. What is a blog?. we. weB. LOG. What is a blog?. weB. LOG. Target: Communication. It is more than developing writing skills. It is more than word processing. Develop critical reading skills. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Blending Blogs into

the Curriculum

Presented at WPECDecember 5, 2013

Toni Sulkowski

What is a blog? we

weB

LOG

What is a blog?

weB

LOG

Target: Communication

It is more than developing

writing skills

It is more than word processing

Develop critical reading skills

Develop critical thinking skills

“Kids can post their writing,

projects, thoughts and reflections.”

“Teachers can provide prompts or starters and kids can pick up and run with it.”

Broadens Audience

Facilitates Interaction

Actively Engages Students in any

Subject

Promotes Research

What’s a Wiki? Anyone can create

and edit content A collaborative

effort Constant revisions Wiki is from the

Hawaiian meaning “hurry” or “quick”

Ways to Use Wikis Group research projects Authentic assessment of student

work Collaborative story telling Class Vocabulary dictionary Project-based learning Chronology of events Collaborative experiment reports

Twitter/Edmodo Microblogging –Writing in brief formats to

give information, ask questions, create quick assessments

Blend Technology into Learning

Resources Images

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/journal.html

Twocanview.com critical thinking http://www.123rf.com/photo_7551869_cut-log

s-in-logging-area.html http://www.changerus.com/Free-Spider-Web-T

eam-Game.html http://lans-soapbox.com/2012/06/16/collabor

ative-writing-and-ffrp/interactions/ http://www.netrafic.com/blog/your-audience-

is-your-priority/

Resources http://blog.web20classroom.org/2013/04/so

you-wanna-use-blogs-in-classroom.html

The Basics of Blogging by Frank Buck, NAESP,Vol.85, No.2, November/December 2005, pp.54-55.

Getting Started With Classroom Blogging by Ryan Bretag from TechLearning.com

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

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