Let’s Make a Blog

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department

What is a Blog?Blog = short for “web log”A Blog is a web site.Professional Development NetworkEncourages communication and collaborationBuilds learning communitiesEasy to read and write.Entries are posted in reverse chronological

order

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department

Classroom BloggingPost materials/resourcesOnline discussionsClass publicationsClass newsletterStudent bloggingSharing lessonsSharing multimediaTool for communicating what students

are learning and how they are learning.Replace the need for a website

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department

Blogging Toolshttps://www.blogger.com/starthttp://edublogs.org/http://classblogmeister.com/http://www.shelfari.com/widget?WidgetId=39312http://clustrmaps.com/index.htmhttp://feedjit.com/http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/http://www.flickr.com/http://photobucket.comhttp://voicethread.com/

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department

Blogging Educational CommunityExamples

http://mrscowansclass.blogspot.com/http://missfisherandmrsmcaffrey.blogspot.com

/http://timmonstimes.blogspot.com/http://mallonmessages.blogspot.com/http://zawis3.blogspot.com/http://langwitches.org/blog/http://intech4learners.blogspot.com/

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department

Blogging Educational Community Examples

http://www.isteconnects.org/http://livefromthecreek.blogspot.com/http://technologyintheclassroom101.blogspot.com/

http://lipskymatthews.blogspot.com/http://mrslehaneblogspot.blogspot.com/

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department

Online Safety and SecurityKeeping students and data safe and secure in an

online environment Copyright and Intellectual Property

www.techlearning.com/hot_topics/copyright.jhtml www.creativecommons.org http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?

Section=News_And_Events&CONTENTID=21214&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm

Security SolutionsAcceptable Use PoliciesEthical BehaviorDistrict Administrative Procedures

Code of Student ConductParental Involvement

http://kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department

Let’s Create a BlogGoogle https://www.blogger.com/startCreate an accountName your BlogChoose a template

Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department