1. Welcome! Please take a moment to check out my blog, at www.pamelasanford.com. www.pamelasanford.com It will be the springboard for our discussion today.

2. Blogging with a Purpose

3. Think of your blog as an investment…

4. Blogging with a Purpose Three Main Goals: Standards Enthusiasm Facilitate contact with students missing extended periods of time in class

5. Blogging with a Purpose Focus on Standards through Backward Design

6. Blogging with a Purpose What can I do to engage disinterested students?

7. Blogging with a Purpose On the day we previewed the space toilet, 12 students used the blog to explore the space page!

8. Blogging with a Purpose Student attendance

9. Blogging with a Purpose The Law of Unintended Consequences

10. Blogging with a Purpose Helicopter Parents

11. Blogging with a Purpose Google Analytics Generates Data

12. Blogging with a Purpose

13. Google-Fu: (Function- noun) the ability to quickly answer any given question using internet resources, such as a search engine Example: "My google-fu is strong this morning.” Filetype: “ “

14. Blogging with a Purpose