1. Blogging for Students and Teachers Ben Smith and Jared Mader EdTechInnovators Wednesday, June 03, 2015Wednesday, June 03, 2015Wednesday, June 03, 2015Wednesday, June 03, 2015

2. National Educational Technology Standards for Students

3. National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

4. A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology into Diverse Classrooms Increasing Levels of Cognition Curriculum mastery deepens Increasing Complexity of Technology Skills Technology choices become autonomous

5. What is a Blog? A series of short written entries (stories, opinions, summaries) Reverse chronological order Allows for commentary

6. Blog Uses Daily Activities Weekly Activities Parent Reminders / Information Diary entries Opinions on Readings Post Problem Solutions

7. Enhancing your Blog Add pictures Add student content - written mimio Wacom Pad Multimedia Content Podcasts, Videos

8. Equipment / Media Needed Internet access Equipment for Multimedia Additions Examples Edublogs Bloglines DIY - iWeb Content Management Systems Blackboard, SchoolCenter

9. Budget $0

10. Ways to Start Teacher summaries Daily entries by students Find good discussion topics Guest contributors to a class discussion

11. Decisions / Considerations Public / Private Web / Server Space Anonymous Posting Management and Grading

12. Assignment Create a blog in edublogs to take back Comment on Gaggle blog

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