Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Blog Uses
Here are some of the
changes that are occurring more frequently and on a consistent basis in most
blogs of the school:
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Teachers are discovering the convenience and possibility of extended
learning opportunities by adding age appropriate links to their sidebar.
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Teachers are loving the WordPress blog Image gallery features. The blog
is becoming a digital scrapbook of their school year.
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Embedding slideshows via slide.com , PowerPoints via Slideshare.net, stories via Voicethread.com, movies recorded with
flip cameras and edited with MovieMaker
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Learning about keeping students safe, by not posting images coupled with
their names, not mentioning last names anywhere.
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Using the SmartBoard software to take screenshots and then upload to
blog with a link to the website.
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Using an event calendar in their sidebar to alert parents
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Creating questions of the week and each student comments (signed in as
teacher) identifying themselves with a class number
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Highlighting events happening in the classroom during the week
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Creating student usernames/password (Upper grades) to encourage
questions on the blog
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Adding rubrics of special projects
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Scanning in of student notes for review purposes
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Adding categories to blog posts when posting for multiple classes or
grade levels
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Informing students, parents and colleagues of upcoming community events
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Keeping track of inter mural competitions
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Homework helpers & Quiz reviews
Retrieved from http://langwitches.org/blog/.
How To Choose A Blog Name
Before settling on your own blog name, let me give you a few
items to ponder.
- Simple and concise. Don’t let your blog name get too long and rampant.
- Use the tools available to you for guidance and inspiration. Take a look at a dictionary or thesaurus and find fun replacement words you might enjoy.
- Don’t let your title become too restrictive. For example, “My Thoughts on the Pythagorean Theorem” would be a very small niche to work towards, unless the Pythagorean Theorem is the only thing you want to discuss on your blog.
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