To carry out my GAME plan effectively, I will need a site to host my blog. My district has already setup wordpress for everyone if we would like to use that. I think it would be a good place to start as our technology department would be able to provide support if I run into problems. I would also need information on effective uses of classroom blogs. Perhaps someone has done a research study on this already? It would certainly be beneficial for me to read up on this, or even talk to colleagues who already have blogs implemented and see what strategies they use. Video would be another great way for me to achieve my goals- I could find video tutorials on making a classroom blog, uses for a blog, or videos on the topics that I would like to attend workshops for. I have already explored the blogs of some other colleagues to see what types of things they are doing with them. I am going to try to also contact district supervisors to see if they could recommend blogs of teachers in the district who I may not know.
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It seems like you have a solid start for your plan. The blog will really be something you enjoy. I have found that it helps extend the knowledge of my students. I usually post a discussion question and the students will answer. It is similar to our Walden discussions. The one recommendation I have is that the students' posts are not displayed until the assignment period is over. That will keep students from copying each other. Then I open the comments up for discussion. This part is open as they debate and discuss their answers.
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Hi Marcella,
ReplyDeleteI know you are using blogspot, but http://theedublogger.com/ which is sponsored by wordpress has step by step instructions on setting up a class blog. I am planning on using them for my classroom blog. If you subscribe to their feed, they send updates and offer solutions to every possible problem that you will encounter. I think you will find it very helpful.
After reading your post I saw this and wanted to shwo it to you. I found it on youtube about 10 effective ways to use Blogs in teh classroom.
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Blogs can be useful in teh classroom, I have been using them to answer questions about something we have done in class.
I really enjoyed blogging in my classroom. Good Luck!
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