Blending Blogs into the Curriculum
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Blending Blogs into
the Curriculum
Presented at WPECDecember 5, 2013
Toni Sulkowski
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What is a blog? we
weB
LOG
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What is a blog?
weB
LOG
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Target: Communication
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It is more than developing
writing skills
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It is more than word processing
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Develop critical reading skills
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Develop critical thinking skills
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“Kids can post their writing,
projects, thoughts and reflections.”
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“Teachers can provide prompts or starters and kids can pick up and run with it.”
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Broadens Audience
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Facilitates Interaction
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Actively Engages Students in any
Subject
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Promotes Research
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What’s a Wiki? Anyone can create
and edit content A collaborative
effort Constant revisions Wiki is from the
Hawaiian meaning “hurry” or “quick”
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Ways to Use Wikis Group research projects Authentic assessment of student
work Collaborative story telling Class Vocabulary dictionary Project-based learning Chronology of events Collaborative experiment reports
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Twitter/Edmodo Microblogging –Writing in brief formats to
give information, ask questions, create quick assessments
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Blend Technology into Learning
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Resources Images
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/journal.html
Twocanview.com critical thinking http://www.123rf.com/photo_7551869_cut-log
s-in-logging-area.html http://www.changerus.com/Free-Spider-Web-T
eam-Game.html http://lans-soapbox.com/2012/06/16/collabor
ative-writing-and-ffrp/interactions/ http://www.netrafic.com/blog/your-audience-
is-your-priority/
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Images, cont. https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/
how-can-i-help-students-become-collaboration-coordinators-in-my-classroom/
http://engage.wisc.edu/collaboration/ http://www.scholarixsolution.com/wp/top-5-co
llaboration-elearning-tools/ http://weewebwonders.pbworks.com/w/page/
9067396/FrontPage
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Resources http://blog.web20classroom.org/2013/04/so
you-wanna-use-blogs-in-classroom.html
The Basics of Blogging by Frank Buck, NAESP,Vol.85, No.2, November/December 2005, pp.54-55.
Getting Started With Classroom Blogging by Ryan Bretag from TechLearning.com
http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/