Blending Blogs into the Curriculum

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Blending Blogs into the Curriculum Presented at WPEC December 5, 2013 Toni Sulkowski

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Blending Blogs into the Curriculum. Presented at WPEC December 5, 2013 Toni Sulkowski. What is a blog?. we. weB. LOG. What is a blog?. weB. LOG. Target: Communication. It is more than developing writing skills. It is more than word processing. Develop critical reading skills. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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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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/