Test Classroom Blog. This is a sample classroom blog.: Why should I have a classroom blog? Many of today's schools use BlackBoard and other platforms that allow online sharing of class notes, assignments, etc. However, these services require one to log in, and are often not viewable or fully functioning on mobile devices. These are some of the reasons why a classroom blog can be of great use. Pros of a Classroom Blog Teachers can create separate blogs for each class. Tips for Classroom Blogs Remember your audience: busy people. Comments4Kids. Student Blogging Resources. Effective Blogging. Angurugu Blog. Teaching With Blogs. “It is my impression that no one really likes the new. We are afraid of it. It is not only as Dostoevsky put it that 'taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most.' Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding.” --Eric Hoffer, Between The Devil And The Dragon I tried the new in fall 2009, teaching with student blogs, (look in sidebar and scroll down) out in the open where anyone who wanted to could see what the students were producing.
The blogging wasn’t new for me. The uncertainty about how best to assist the students once they had taken the plunge created an important symmetry between the students and me; we both were to learn about how to do this well, often by first doing it less well. Most of the students were quite awkward in their initial blogging. I'm crustier now than I was as a younger faculty member. A positive feedback loop can be created by this process. Teaching With Blogs. Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in an Integrated Classroom Make the most of your students' diverse ability levels and experience with a prewriting activity in which they describe an abstract idea using blogging and photographs that they have taken.
Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia Students work together to create their own utopias, using blogs as the primary source of publication. Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Creating Character Blogs Students view examples of blogs, learn the basic elements of blog creation, and then create a blog from the perspective of a fictional character. Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Exploring Careers Using the Internet Doctors, astrophysicists, and daycare providers are only some of the careers that will be explored in this lesson in which students research careers and publish occupational summaries about them.
Grades 8 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson. Teaching Blog Addict. Ideas: Using Blogs in the Classroom. Blogs are primarily about writing. But within that broad category there are many ways that blogging can be used with students to improve their learning in almost any subject area. Teachers can also use blogs for a variety of purposes. Here are just a few ideas with more coming. Blogs by students Journals – Many English teachers (and those in other subjects) require their students to write regular journal entries. Blogs make it easier for students to write and edit these posts and for teachers to read and respond to them. Book reports, literature circles – Students often are expected to summarize and react to books and other materials they’ve read. Creative writing assignments, short stories, poetry – A blog can be a great way to showcase student writing, again with the options for other students and even parents to comment on the work.
Student portfolios – This is actually a combination of all of the above and more. Teachers can use blogs as well. 45+ Ideas For Class Blog Posts. 100 Seriously Cool Classroom Blogs for Teaching Ideas & Inspiration. Classroom Blogging - Ideas for Blogging with Students - or What is a Blog? Blogging For Teachers. Ripp's Class. Blogging elementary. Welcome to Edumate. Blogging guide.