1. Blogging In The Meredith MartinClassroom@geekyteach

2. What Are Blogs? A personal website Contains journal-like entries Entries can be commented on by others,leading to discussion Updated often 3. Exampleteachertech.techforteachers.com 4. Why Not Just A Website? Image From: http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/blog-vs-static-site.jpg 5. Getting Started With Blogs Two Way Communication - Teacherposts, students comment Classroom Communication - Studentspost, teacher and classmates comment Global Communication - Students andteacher post, people outside theclassroom can comment 6. Teach Proper Commenting Skills A good way to practice is to hang a few paper blogs around the room and have students comment using sticky notes. Include examples of poor comments. Discuss comments as a class to point out good commenting vs. poor commenting. 7. How Have Teachers Used Blogs? had daily student bloggers, who were in charge of updating the classroom blog, being the Official Scribe of the day. had students take (handwritten notes) summarizing the daily learning during each subject area, to be then typed and uploaded on Friday to the blog (younger grades). highlighted best work from students as it was produced. put students in charge of photographing classroom/resource activities and learning taking place during the day, the class discussed and voted on the final images to be uploaded at the end of the day and write a short blurb to each image.http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/10/08/implementing-blogging-in-the-classroom/ 8. Some classroom blogs were growing beyondhomework assignment, as teachers found opportunities to amplifythe use of their virtual spaces to get kids involved and engaged inconversation As commenting and posting to the classroom blog became theroutine, especially in the upper elementary grades, students wereeager to earn their own blogs. It was up to the teacher to set thecriteria for students to earn them (ex.5 quality posts moderated andpublished on the classroom blog). Once having earned that promotion, students becameadministrators of their own blogfolio , a combination of an onlineportfolio and a learning blog. Students were able to choose theirown theme from a variety of pre-approved themes available. Theychose their own title and tagline, and wrote their About Page.http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/10/08/implementing-blogging-in-the-classroom/ 9. Why Kidblog? Simple, quick, and easy to set up. Free! No email addresses or personalinformation required for students Teachers have full control over all blogs Teacher determines privacy level of theblogs. 10. Setting Up: Kidblog.org 11. Setting Up On the Kidblog.org main page, click onCreate A Class Fill in your information - Display name(username), Password, Email, & ClassName Enter anti-spam code, and then createyour class! 12. Create Your Class 13. Welcome To Your Blog. That Was Easy! 14. Control Panel At the top right of the page, click onControl Panel This takes you to your control panel,also called a Dashboard From here you can change yoursettings, add students and classes,review posts and comments, and more 15. Your Control Panel 16. Multiple Classes You can create as many classes as youwant. Each class can have its own list ofstudents, and its own settings Simply click Create New Class at thetop left of your dashboard 17. Multiple Classes? No Problem! 18. View Your Classes 19. Add Students Manually 20. Adding Students There are several ways to add students- Manually, and with Class Codes Manual addition: singly or in bulk Useful when adding existing studentsto a new class 21. General Settings 22. Important Settings Title - The name of your blog URL - The website address of your blog Can be changed - preferably before studentsstart using the blog Sign Up Code - Allow students to join usinga class code instead of manually adding them Be sure to allow joining with a code if you usethis option 23. Make It Pretty With Themes 24. Widgets 25. Blogroll A Blogroll is a list of favorite websites Be sure to include your classroomwebsite if you have one You may also want to link to other classblogs, or websites your students useregularly 26. Post Settings 27. Post Settings Who May Read - Set the privacy level of your class Visitors - public to anyone with the URL Users in Classes - Only your class, or add other classes Admin/Teacher Only Post Approval - Require teacher approval before a studentpost goes live Notify - notifies you when a student adds a new post foryou to approve Tags - keywords for posts to make it easier to search forspecific topics 28. Comment Settings 29. Comment Settings Who May Comment - restrict who canand cannot comment on posts Comment Approval - require teacherapproval of comments Notify - receive notification when newcomments are ready for review andapproval 30. User Settings 31. Users Menu 32. Users Menu Add new users View users and their roles Change user roles Delete or modify users 33. Your Profile 34. Comments Menu 35. Comments Menu View all comments Filter by type or user Approve / Mark As Spam / DeleteComments 36. Review Posts 37. Review Posts Allows you and any moderators toview and approve posts Filter by type or user 38. Add A Post 39. Add A Post Simple to use editor - if you can useWord, you can write a blog post! Add Media Save Drafts or Publish Set publication time and date Set visibility Add tags 40. View Your Blog 41. Setting Up Student Blogs 42. Student Login - Secret Code Easiest way to add students is with asecret code Students click the red Secret Codebutton Enter class code Choose display name and password 43. Student Login 44. Students Enter Class Code 45. Student Home Screen 46. Student Dashboard 47. Student Post Screen 48. Student Post Screen Same editor as teachers Fewer posting options If you have requiredteacher/moderator review beforeposting, students will only be able tosubmit for review, not publish 49. Student Avatars 50. Avatars Students love avatars Library of kid-friendly avatars tochoose from Or take photos and upload them 51. Logging In Using Search 52. Logging In With Search Search for class blog by teacher email orby URL Search brings up a list of matchingblogs to choose from 53. Select Your Class 54. Log In With URL Easiest way to log in once studentshave an account Go directly to blog URL and click LogIn Students select their display name andenter password 55. Log In With URL 56. Enter Username / Password 57. Yes, Theres An App For That! 58. Class Blog Examples http://theedublogger.com/check-out-these-class-blogs/