Settings Every Blogger User Should Know. This is a post I had simmering in the back of my mind for a while until this morning when someone asked how I was able to publish posts so quickly. The truth is that while sometimes I do write a bunch of posts in quick succession, I often use the scheduling tool in Blogger to publish posts. I use the scheduling tool when I know I will be away from my computer or think that I won't have time to write on a particular day. For example, this coming weekend I'll be home but I have a lot of things to do that will keep me from writing new blog posts so I've already written and scheduled posts that will appear live on Sunday.
Click on the images below to view them in full size and see the details contained within them. How to schedule posts: In the new Blogger interface. In the old Blogger interface. How to prevent publishing your email address in RSS feeds: I often see Blogger users publishing their email addresses in RSS feeds. In the new Blogger interface. How to back-up your Blogger blog. Twitter HOTS & Establishing a Twitter Routine in the Classroom Why and how to use Twitter in the Classroom has been occupying me for a while now.
I have written about my thoughts in Twitter Policy and Rational and Guide to Twitter in the K-8 Classroom. A post for Twitter in K-2 is also in the making (stay tuned). As I am on a Twitter adventure with our 4th and 5th graders and their teachers @teitelbaumsteph & @shellyzavon, I am breaking down steps to tweeting and the process of learning during Tweeting as a classroom. Ryan Bretag’s post Twitter for Thinking Publicly echoed beautifully my thoughts about the “use of Twitter beyond the usual lower level posting assignments, message blasting, or basic discussion forum-like uses.” Terry Heick came up with a fabulous Twitter Spectrum on Edudemic to include Higher Order Thinking Skills. He divided tweets up into three sections: watchtalkproduce Mark Sample published in 2009 (!)
From this graphic, my mind wandered to breaking the steps down even further. By tweeting with our students, we expose them to: Related. Mrs. Morgan's Superstars | Superstar students connecting with the world! Activity 6: Helping parents and students connect with your class blog. Welcome to our free professional development series on class and student blogging! This series consists of a range of activities that take you through the process of class and student blogging. While many of the class blog examples we’ve included are from primary grades, the same principles apply for class blogs regardless of student age (including adult learners). The activities can be completed at your own pace and in any order! Helping parents and students connect with your class blog Class blogs are an excellent way for parents to find out what is happening in class and what their child is learning.
As Kathleen Morris say’s “You can’t leave parent participation to chance. Parents needs to be educated and regularly encouraged and invited to be part of your class blog.” But there’s nothing more frustrating trying to find your teacher’s website and not being able to find it — make it too hard and they’ll quickly give up. What you need to do! Here are some ideas you can use! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ruckes' First Graders 11/12. Growing First. Movingforward - Education Blogs by Discipline. Education. “When are we ever going to use this?” When I was a teacher, this was a question I heard almost daily. I would imagine that has not changed much since I left the classroom five years ago, particularly when it comes to math. Students are naturally inquisitive about what they are learning and why, as they should be.
However, as teachers continually make a concerted effort to connect mathematics and common, everyday occurrences in students’ lives outside of the classroom, this question will go the way of the chalkboard. So, to answer a question with a question: What are students doing when not at school? Game-based learning Students don’t just play board games like they used to, instead they look to find those same “board” game in Web-based or app format to download to a phone, tablet, etc. At the end of a long day, a tired first grade student lifts her chair, flips it over and lays the seat down on the top of her desk. (read more…) Location, location, location. (read more…) A Year in the Life of an English Teacher: A photo essay of my academic year (part one) ELT Blogging Survey - Reflection in Open Space. After nearly three years, I'm now approaching the end of my Masters. You might call it the 'thick end' as it involves the by no means small matter of conducting research and writing a dissertation.
As regular readers will know, I am researching the use of blogs by ELT teachers, focusing on how/to what extent they are used as part of reflective practice and the role the community plays in this. With that topic in mind, I have designed a survey, which I have embedded below. If you are an ELT teacher who has his/her own blog about language teaching, I would appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes to answer the questions and contribute to my research. And please, spread the word - pass the link on to any ELT bloggers you know!
If you can't see the embedded survey clearly in your browser, please click here to see the full version. Updates.kidblog.org, Archiving Classes at the End of a Term. WorldLillie: A Free Program for Kids Ag... Student Centred Blogging. Posted by Mrs Kathleen Morris on Thursday, April 19th 2012 Student centred learning is an theory that seems to have gained popularity in education communities over the years. Wikipedia defines this type of learning as “putting students first … focused on the student’s needs, abilities, interests, and learning styles with the teacher as a facilitator of learning. Teacher-centred learning has the teacher at its centre in an active role and students in a passive, receptive role. Student-centred learning requires students to be active, responsible participants in their own learning.” I would describe the blogging program that occurs in my classroom as largely student centred.
Many students are very active on the 4KM and 4KJ blog both at home and school. Their enthusiasm for learning and connecting through the class blog is high. I’ve had many teachers comment on the way that the students in my class respond to blogging. Kelly Jordan and I team teach. Los Bloguitos. Settings Every Blogger User Should Know#.T9U_ZCnhkIY.twitter.
This is a post I had simmering in the back of my mind for a while until this morning when someone asked how I was able to publish posts so quickly. The truth is that while sometimes I do write a bunch of posts in quick succession, I often use the scheduling tool in Blogger to publish posts. I use the scheduling tool when I know I will be away from my computer or think that I won't have time to write on a particular day. For example, this coming weekend I'll be home but I have a lot of things to do that will keep me from writing new blog posts so I've already written and scheduled posts that will appear live on Sunday. Click on the images below to view them in full size and see the details contained within them. How to schedule posts: In the new Blogger interface. In the old Blogger interface.
How to prevent publishing your email address in RSS feeds: I often see Blogger users publishing their email addresses in RSS feeds. In the new Blogger interface. How to back-up your Blogger blog.