Community of Writers - Connected Classrooms. Free Blog Basics Tutorial at GCFLearnFree. Sample KidBlogs - KidBlog Workshop. Blogging and Commenting with Linda Yollis. Do not miss this EduSlam! Since the day I signed up for my Twitter account, Linda Yollis has been one of my favorite follows. Thanks to Twitter, living in southern California and our Google Certified Teacher network, I now proudly (and with a hint of name-dropping) call her a friend. The Power of Blogging and Quality Comments with Linda Yollis. A 60 Seconds Guide to The Use of Blogging in Education. Redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcft.vanderbilt. So...You Wanna Use Blogs In The Classroom. Blogging is an important part of who I am as a professional.
I can use this space to share resources with you, reflect on my own practice and try to figure out how to be a better educator. It is my public reflection on technology, leadership and learning. Think about when you were in school. You write an essay. Thirteen Thoughts on Student Blogging. 5 Reasons Your Students Should Blog. Blogs on Technology Integration. In part one of this series, I shared how I use freely available video in my reading and literacy methods course to help my preservice teachers understand close reading instruction at a level that could not be attained through reading and discussion alone.
In part two, I shared my curated collection of videos for general Common Core info, as well as videos to teach the close reading, text complexity and informational texts standards. Below is my curated collection of videos of exceptional professional websites for reading teachers that feature videos and resources on word generation, explicit instruction, graphic organizers and text difficulty, among other topics.