What is a Blog? Blog is short for Web Log. Think of it as a journal of fact based opinions. You write about an issue or question, or reflect on an event. People can read your posted writing and comment on it.

GOD in Your Own Blog  Administrator = GOD in Your Own Blog ◦ You can post anything (articles, comments, etc) ◦ You can design the blog ◦ You can arrange the feature ◦ etc  Contributor ◦ You just can post articles ◦ Manage your own comments ◦ Creating polling

 Wordpress  Blogspot/Blogger

 We will using  Have an Address  Never registered at Wordpress.com  Indo-Thai Partnership blog is inviting you to be a contributor  You will get the invitation via  Accept the invitation and create your own wordpress account  You will have your own blog  You registered as a contributor at Indo-Thai Partnership blog

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 Post the articles about the progress of your partnership program  Post the news if you conducted the activities together with your partner  Give a comment to the other schools articles At Least Once a Month

1. Register a Classroom Blog as a Teacher 1a. Write, edit and publish class blogs as a teacher 2. Add students to your classroom blog so that they can post blog articles 3. Student composes an article related to an assignment 4. Student gives the article to teacher for review 4a. Teacher reviews the student article 5. Classmates or other audiences read and comment to the student article 5a. Teacher reads and approves comments before they are published

For real-world writing experiences Keep class blogs together in one area for easy tracking Prolong discussions outside the classroom Q and A with guest speakers Quickly give feedback to students Use it for literature circle activities Get responses to a question with different answers each time Students give feedback to each other Students give feedback to each other Track student writing development Students use their peer network to develop their own knowledge Students use their peer network to develop their own knowledge Update new information on homework assignments Encourages students to help each other with their writing Encourages students to help each other with their writing As a classroom discussion and debate area As a classroom discussion and debate area