Presenation on how to incoporate blogs into the elementary classroom setting.

1. Using Blogs in theElementary Classroom Kelli Meyrand LIS 5260 Summer 2011

2. CC Image courtesy of Marind is waiting for les tambours de la pluieon Flickr

3. What toolsdo we use toencourage writing?

4. What toolscould we use to encourage writing?

5. What is a blog? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

6. Blog a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer (short for Weblog) -Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

7. What blogging programs are good for classroom use? -General Use-

8. -Designed Specifically for Classroom Use-

10. Collaborating

11. Sharing writing and other works

12. Reading discussions

13. Book reviews

16. Polish writing skills Enhance editing and proofreading skills Students learn to be ethical digital citizens Create an online portfolio of writing throughout the school year Increased student motivation Improve questioning skills How will my students benefit?

17. “Research has long shown that students write more, write in greater detail, and take greater care with spelling, grammar, and punctuation, when they are writing to an authentic audience over the Internet.” -Lorrie Jackson, Education World

18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJETK3am1M&feature=related

19. Image courtesy of http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/12/25/creating-an-outline-for-blogging-unit-plan/

20. Look for a program that does not require student emails or identifying features. On some programs classes can be contained and only members of the class can see the posts. Some programs make the teacher a moderator of the group. All posts and comments have to be cleared through the teacher. Is there a safety concern with using blogs?

21. Provide your students with a level of anonymity. Create fun pseudonyms. Get parental and administrative permission. Make sure all students have signed an AUP. Teach students what is acceptable to post and what is not. Teach students the skills you want them to use or not use (appropriate commenting, use of texting shortcuts).

22. CC Image by MsH_ISB on Flickr

23. http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992 http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech217.shtml http://secondlanguagewriting.com/explorations/Archives/2006/Jun/HowtoUseBlogsintheClassr.html http://digitalwriting.pbworks.com/w/page/17812820/Using-Blogs-in-the-Classroom http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/520?locale=en http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/47 http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers Works Cited

24. http://www.onlineclasses.org/2010/12/08/100-seriously-cool-classroom-blogs-for-teaching-ideas-inspiration/ http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/index.htm http://www.onlinedegrees.org/tips-for-using-blogs-in-the-classroom/ http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/12/25/creating-an-outline-for-blogging-unit-plan/ http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/ http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/10/ways-to-use-blogs-in-your-classroom-and.html

25. http://www.edublogs.org http://kidblog.org http://www.blogger.com/ http://www.21classes.com/ http://www.classblogmeister.com/index.php http://wordpress.com/ Blogging Websites