5 Easy Ways to bring Blogging into your Classroom

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@jon_rogers Iowa City High School Adviser: The Little Hawk MJE - IHSPA President JEA Professional Outreach Chair 5 Easy Ways to Bring Blogging to Your Class

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@jon_rogersIowa City High School

Adviser: The Little HawkMJE - IHSPA President

JEA Professional Outreach Chair

5 Easy Ways to Bring Blogging to Your Class

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What does blogging mean?

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Are authentic student voices being published in

high school?

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BE A BLOGGER

1Youtubescreencasts

Publishon yourteachersiteHUffPost

Teacher

Lead byexample

Write a column

PhotoStories

Videos

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Teacher Blogging on JEADigitalMedia.org

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Huff Post Education

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Medium

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YouTube Channel Screencast Bloggin

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PICK A STUDENT BLOGGING PROJECT

25 Easy ways to bring blogs to your class - @jon_rogers

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Blog projects students

have created...

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GENIUsPROJECT

FOOD

SCIENCE

FASHION

VLOG

ART

LAW

HOW TO...

Book reviews

60 SEcondVideo Book Reviews

MEDICINE

MUSIC

FISHING

FANTASYFOOTBALL

VIDEO GAME

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BLOGGINGWhat makes a great blog?

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What should you name your blog?

Hint: Not Mr. Rogers’ Blog

My favorite blog names…

Nerd Tears - Grantland

Nerd Nook - HawkeyeNation

Fashionista - Eatocracy

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What should you post?

Content is king!

Have a news peg!

Write about something that is trending.

Write about something that is new.

Link to a bunch of other things on the web.

Don’t steal copyrighted photos or videos. (embed)

Write with voice.

Tell stories.

Crowd source videos and photos.

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POST REGULARLY

Blog posts don’t have to be long.

Be current

Be the #1 source of news about your

topic.

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Be an ExpertResearch topics…

Provide people with new information

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Use Social Media

Make sure to tweet out your blogs.

Be proud of what you write and produce.

Interact with other bloggers in your field.

Follow other bloggers that are writing about your topic.

Instagram - Snapchat - Twitter

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Abbott and His Fishing Blog

My Favorite Genius Hour Blog

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Payton Evans - Journalist of the Year Websitehttps://paytonevansjournalism.wordpress.com/

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Journalist of the Year WinnerTaylor Blatchford

https://taylorblatchford.wordpress.com/

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JEA - How to setup your JOY Wordpress Websitehttp://jea.org/home/awards-honors/journalist-of-the-year/setting-up-a-wordpress-online-portfolio/

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Top Teen Blogs

Rookie by Tavi (She’s famous)

WeTheUrban

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Little Hawk Blogs

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HiLite Blogs

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Google Site

MEDIUM

BLOGGER

TUMBLR

WORDPRESS

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PICK A PLATFORM3

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WORDPRESS

Created to be open source and easy to use...

1. Founders believe the internet should be for all!2. Industry standard for journalism publishing.3. Free .com and paid for premium theme sites.

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MEDIUM

Started by Blogger and Twitter founders to…

1. Let you focus on words2. Be Collaborative 3. Find an audience

CLEAN DESIGN - PLATFORM FRIENDLY- EASY TO USE

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TUMBLR

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Blogger

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Weebly

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Google Sites

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PHONES

VIDEO

PIKTOCHART

YOUTUBECHANNELS

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USE MULTIMEDIAand Smart Phones

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Upload

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60 Second Video Book Reviews

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Editing Photos and Adding Text with Piktochart

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INTERACTwith other bloggers

#hashtags

WEB design

Workshop

Podcast

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PUBLISH AND CONNECT

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