Blah, Blah Blog?

No Way!

What is it?

A blog is an on-line journal.

Blog is short for web log.

Web + log = blog

Why Blog?

• Engaging

• Motivational

• Immediate

• Authentic

• Make Connections

• Fun

• And . . .

More reasons to blog . . .

• Identify student’s background knowledge

• Guide students to reasonable answers

• Practice using mathematical language

• Informally assess students

• Document students’ growth

• Think aloud and get responses to thoughts

Examples of Blogs

• Technology Coach

• Karten’s Characters

• Mustang Pride

• Trucker Buddy

• The Write Weblog

• Mrs. Sempke’s Blog

How do I use it?

• Set guidelines

• Consider using an “Acceptable Uses” policy/contract

• Model

• Monitor, Monitor, Monitor!

Where can I get a blog?

• Edublogs.org

• Gaggle.net

• Blogger.com

Additional Resources

• Atomic Learning

• Teaching Today

• Educating Alice

Let’s make a blog!