Welcome. Are you ready to try blogging?
Blog or Website?
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Big Three of Free Educational Class Blogs
Edublogs
Blogger
Wordpress
What are they good for:
- Provide further assignments for students to work on
- Get students to do their writing assignments in the form of blog posts
- Have students work in small groups to write and post summaries of content covered in class to build a compendium for content covered over a semester
- Publish a list of the objectives ( general as well as specific goals )
Why a Classroom Blog?
- Every teacher needs a web presence to share with students, colleagues, parents
- Easy to update because the site needs to contain current information
- Functional, mix live blog pages with static web pages
- Moderate Comments from parents and students
- House information that is shareable
- Easier to start than a website
- Edited from mobile apps or post using email, or even schedule posts for later
- Safe way to share pictures by using advanced viewing priviledges
- Subscription Features
Tips:
- Have students make class posts. They can discuss what they learned in a lesson, or summarize the days work and homework assignments
- Schedule Posts in Advance. Ensure that there is always something new on your blog to entice parents and students to revisit your page and build your following.
- Add pages to your blog for static information (never changes) and link them to your splash page using a links gadget.
Create your website in 30 minutes http://goo.gl/hwfYJf
What do parents want?
- Up to date info is number one in every parent poll
- Easy navigation
- A ways to comment back
- Alerts when there is new information on the webpage
Take a look at what other teachers have created
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Works Cited
"Create the Perfect Class Website in 30 Minutes or Less." The Edublogger. N.p., 29 Aug. 2013. Web. 11 Aug. 2015. .
Haines, Rebecca. "Keep Parents in the Loop with a Class Website." Keep Parents in the Loop with a Class Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Aug. 2015. .
"How to Make a Blog into a Real Website." Blogger-Hints-and-Tips. N.p., 19 Nov. 2012. Web. 10 Aug. 2015. .
Kutcher, David. "Confluent Forms: Using Blogger and Creating Gorgeous Websites." Confluent Forms. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Aug. 2015. .
Shanklin, William. "2013 Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD." 2013 Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD. Gixmag, 21 Aug. 2013. Web. 28 Apr. 2014.
"The Ultimate Guide to The Use of Blogs in Teaching ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning." The Ultimate Guide to The Use of Blogs in Teaching ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Aug. 2015. .
"The Ultimate Guide to The Use of Blogs in Teaching ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning." The Ultimate Guide to The Use of Blogs in Teaching ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Aug. 2015. .
