1. http://bit.ly/1ew6Mc6 Please complete this informational survey before we begin!

2. Empowering Student Bloggers Through Authentic Assessment Presented by: Tamara Letter, ITRT Hanover County Public Schools Twitter: @HCPSTinyTech Email: tletter@hcps.us

5. Current Practice

6. Blogging Platforms ●Kidblog ●Edublogs/Wordpress ●Blogger/Blogspot ●Weebly (multi-use) ●Google Sites (multi-use)

7. Fee “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” -Kenneth H. Blanchard

8. Challenges ●Time

9. Challenges ●Time ●Data Organization

10. Challenges ●Time ●Data Organization ●Effective Feedback

13. Grading

15. ASSESSMENT

16. Google Forms

17. Three Web Pages

18. Form Editor

19. Three Web Pages Form Editor Form for Users

20. Three Web Pages Form Editor Form for Users Spreadsheet for Results

21. Three Web Pages Form Editor Form for Users Spreadsheet for Results Let’s look at YOUR data!

22. Benefits ●Digital Access

23. Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet

24. Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet ●Visual Data

25. Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet ●Visual Data ●Easy to Create

26. Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet ●Visual Data ●Easy to Create ●Easy to Edit

27. FREE

28. Additional Tools/Support ●autoCrat (Google Sheets Add-On, create individual progress sheets)autoCrat ●Share blog posts via Edmodo or Twitter #comments4kidsEdmodo Twitter

29. http://goo.gl/Qpn12H Resources

30. http://goo.gl/forms/ac07hi2ao2 Exit Survey

31. Bibliography Websites used in this presentation are listed with embedded links to actual sites, but links are also provided below. Google Forms is a part of the Google Platform which can be access through your Google account. Slide 1 - Informational Survey http://bit.ly/1ew6Mc6http://bit.ly/1ew6Mc6 Slide 21 - Results of Informational Survey http://bit.ly/1M1ojX4http://bit.ly/1M1ojX4 Slide 28 - autoCrat http://bit.ly/1DbC9yL, Edmodo www.edmodo.com, Twitter www.twitter.comhttp://bit.ly/1DbC9yLwww.edmodo.comwww.twitter.com Slide 29 - Writing Conference resources http://goo.gl/Qpn12Hhttp://goo.gl/Qpn12H Slide 30 - Exit Survey http://goo.gl/forms/ac07hi2ao2http://goo.gl/forms/ac07hi2ao2

32. Disclaimer Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.

33. Credits Photos requiring attribution display information below photo on actual slides used, per usage specifications. Uncited photos are used with permission from Pixabay website (www. pixabay.com) or provided from my collection. All links, surveys and forms shown in this presentation are created by Tamara Letter with Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and are free to use, share, and modify with attribution. This presentation was created in Google Slides using Simple Light theme with Arial font, then exported as a Microsoft PowerPoint.

34. Empowering Student Bloggers Through Authentic Assessment Presented by: Tamara Letter, ITRT Hanover County Public Schools Twitter: @HCPSTinyTech Email: tletter@hcps.us