1. Ten Reasons to Use KidBlog For Your Reading Class

2. Reading Blog  1-Common Core Aligned- Career and College Readiness  2-Student Engagement  3- Accountability  4- Tracking of student growth  5- Interactive learning  6- PARCC preparation ( typing practice and creating on-line)  7- Extended Classroom time  8- Conferencing tool  9- Classroom transparency  10-Danielson technology credit

3. Assignments  http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/author/926e4053-c59e-4c41- 8589-74723b45c5c2/ http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/author/926e4053-c59e-4c41- 8589-74723b45c5c2/

4. Examples of Student Work  http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/c4b2d8c7-2002-4045-8acb- 377316552605/cinderella-7/ http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/c4b2d8c7-2002-4045-8acb- 377316552605/cinderella-7/

5. Examples of Student Work  http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/b08b9bfa-4934-4bbd-a5d1- 9395495c40a2/the-talking-eggs-11/ http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/b08b9bfa-4934-4bbd-a5d1- 9395495c40a2/the-talking-eggs-11/

6. Examples of Great Comments  http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/b08b9bfa-4934-4bbd-a5d1- 9395495c40a2/twins-luck-3/#comment- 1041 http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/b08b9bfa-4934-4bbd-a5d1- 9395495c40a2/twins-luck-3/#comment- 1041

7. Examples of Comments  http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/706fca43-5700-441b-a1a1- e176b58bab16/hatchet-25/ http://kidblog.org/MrsRiggiosReadingClas s2014-15/706fca43-5700-441b-a1a1- e176b58bab16/hatchet-25/

8. Getting Started  Go to http://kidblog.org/home/http://kidblog.org/home/  Click on Create  Fill in  Name ( your name)  Password  Email  Class Name  Verification Code

9. Getting Started  Click on Create a Class  You should see “Setting up Your Class”  Click on Users  Click on Add New Users  Add students names and passwords, one at a time, then click on Add New User  After all of your students have been entered, go to Settings

10. Getting Started  Settings-  Keep all default settings except  Time zone- change to New York  Under General Settings, go to Comments Tab  Take off the Comment Approval check  Save Changes

11. Making Your First Post  Go to New Post  Add the title of your assignment  Type in your assignment details in the text box  Click on Publish

12. Instructions for Students  Give students web addresshttp://kidblog.org/home/http://kidblog.org/home/  Click Log in drop down button  Enter teacher’s email to find class  Look for class name and click link  Once on the site, click Log In  Instruct the students to read assignment  Then click on New Post to answer  Students type blog and then publish

13. Commenting Instructions  After reading blog, scroll down to the : “Leave a Comment” tab and begin typing your comment in the text box  After comment is completed, click on “Submit Comment”