The Benefits of Educational Blogging. This in an update of older posts about the benefits of educational blogging. 2013 is the sixth year that I have maintained a classroom blog. When I first began I didn’t know much about blogging at all and I didn’t realise there could be educational benefits to running a blogging program. I thought having a class blog would be a bit of fun and a good way to connect with parents. As time has gone on I’ve come to realise that blogging brings many educational benefits. The diagram below summarises the most powerful benefits I’ve found from blogging (so far): Social Skills and Confidence: While some people may be quick to say that blogging and online social media can inhibit social skills, I see blogging as a terrific starting point.
Student Perspectives I’ve created a couple of videos with my students in the past to allow them to highlight some of the advantages of having a class blog. I made this fifteen minute video with my grade two students in 2011. If everyone’s here, we’ll start | lostanddesperate. Image from FlickR Courtesy of lrargerich So thanks to everyone for coming to this blog post today. Please make sure you’ve signed in so I have a record of who’s here and who was late. I won’t use this information for anything other than to count the number of attendees and latecomers. Before this post starts, I think it’s a good idea that we agree the ground rules for today’s post.
Firstly, what’s said on the blog stays on the blog. Second rule, no mobile devices. So, what other rules are there? I’ll now ignore your rules as they don’t fit with my script for the day. Give you an understanding of this postGive me more tally numbers to people presented toCreate evaluation data I’ll now ask you to tell me what you want to get from this post, why you’re here, and who nominated you to read this post.
I hope you all completed the mandatory elearning course beforehand. Obviously if your score increases I’ll claim that as learning evaluation. Like this: Like Loading... 10 Education Blogs You Should Know About. What’s the one thing that is making you read this post right now? Are you looking for interesting classroom technology, current trends in edtech, or just trying to have a laugh? That’s what Edudemic offers on a daily basis but we have a slew of other friends out there who you should know about as well. We haven’t included ourselves on this list since you’re reading this on Edudemic and already a HUGE fan I’m sure. In any case, help grow your RSS reader list and your PLN at the same time by checking out the following blogs that cover everything from education news to tech tips.
Want to let us know about your site? Just add it down in the comments for others to see! Launched in 2004, this Washington DC-based daily online publication dishes daily news and analysis from college to university level in the US. The blogger has himself been a teacher for eight years and Richard Bryne is now hell-bent on sharing stuff that can help teachers make their classes interactive. About me… This blog is created by Gráinne Conole. I am Professor of Learning Innovation and Director of the Institute of Learning Innovation (formally the Beyond Distance Research Alliance) at the University of Leicester. I started at Leicester on 1st September 2011. Befor that I was at the Open University in IET as chair of e-learning from April 2006.
Previously I was Professor of Educational Innovation in Post-Compulsory Education at the University of Southampton. I have research interests in the use, integration and evaluation of Information and Communication Technologies and e-learning and impact on organisational change. Before joining Southampton, I was Director of the Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, a centre of excellence on the development and use of information and communication technology in education.
E-Learning Stuff. The Most Awesome 450-Page Presentation Ever. A First Look At Cornell’s New NYC Tech Campus 484 Views 0 Likes New York City has always been one of the world's largest hubs for innovation. Cornell University, however, has been a bit too far away from the city to take full advantage. That's all about to change thanks to a simply amazing new NYC Tech campus they're building in New York City. 5 Things Google Wants You To Know About World Teachers’ Day 5.45K Views 0 Likes It's World Teachers' Day tomorrow and that means teachers around the globe should be honored and shown the respect they truly deserve.
Digitalis » Blog Archive » JISC Mobile Reflections – Final Overview of Project. 17 Jul 2012 Posted by Carole Kirk The mobile reflections project invited students to try out the use of mobile devices to capture multi-media reflections ‘on the move’. I’ve written a full case study which summarises the project and our learning from it, and contains links to the learning resources created. This is also available through JORUM so that any element may be reused under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-ShareAlike license. Photo credit: Untitled blue My key learning from the project is:- 1. 2. 3. Acknowledgements I’d like to thank JISC for funding the project through their innovative new Elevator programme. LTSEonline | Learning, Teaching and Student Experience. A Must-Have Guide To Becoming A Better Blogger.