Blogs

=**Blogs**=

How to Blog and Why to Blog
[|Blogs in Plain English] The very first video about blogging you should watch [|Support Blogging website] [|Five Don't of Classroom Blogging] Avoiding pitfalls in the classroom. [|001_A_Vision_for_Classroom_Blogging.pdf] From ISTE 2/2008 [|blog-on.pdf] Building Collaboration and Communication Among Staff and Students From ISTE 2005 [|Best of the Education Blog Awards 2006] examples of award winning blogs [|Blogging to Improve instruction in differentiated science classrooms]....from //Phi Delta Kappan// 2007 [|Teaching with Blogs]--Alabama's Best Practices

Classroom examples
[|Seventh grade blog] [|English blog] 1 [|Enlgish blog 2] [|Science blog] [|Math and science blog] [|Kindergarten blog] [|KIndergarten blog 2] [|Second grade blog 2] [|Meriwether Lewis Elem.School--Portland]

**Ideas for Using Blogs**
Student responses to literature Post class activities and photos Get student comments on a topic or piece of literature Collaborate with students at another school Online portfolios Students read and write about assignemnts Manage assignments and make them available 24/7 Classroom newsletter

Blog Safety and Etiquette in the Classroom
No identifying information about the students--discuss this with students--they don't always "get it" without examples First names only Teacher monitors the blog and must approve all comments or posts before publishing Give examples of good posts and responses--avoid negative comments and vague comments Students should use formal language and not IM/text messaging shortcuts David Warlick's Code of Ethics for blogging

1. Students should not post any identifying personal information. This includes last name, password, user name. email or home address. 2. Students must not share personal user names or passwords with anyone other than teachers or parents. Students should not log in as each other. 3. Students should treat online spaces as classroom spaces. That means no inappropriate behavior or language. 4. Student blogs are for educational expression and may be constrained by educational requirements and rule
 * Guidelines for student bloggers:**

Blogs for Educators
[|2Cents Worth] David Warlick's blog [|Bud the Teacher] [|huffenglish] Dana Huff, high school English teacher's blog [|Blog of Proximal Development] Konrad Glogowski--blogs in the classroom; blogs used with students and writing; blogs in education

Blog providers
[|21 Classes.com] Classroom blogging [|WordPress.org] Free blogging platform [|Edublogs.org] Blogging for teachers and students. Powered by WordPress. Free. [|Blogger] (Blogspot) Blogging platform by Google. Free. [|ePalsBlog] ePals School Blogging [|Class Blogmeister] Blogging platform for students and teachers created by David Warlick