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Digital Journals & Student Blogging

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… people said, “… Look at Jane Austen and all her lovely letters! Oh, the children these days: they don’t keep diaries

any more …” But what do they do now? They write blogs, which are diaries ... In fact,

they’re writing more than Jane Austen could ever have done.

- David Crystal

Ways we read & write

Class blog � Student blog�

No email required!

http://kidblog.org/MsTerrellsClass

Youngclovers.blogspot.com�

How do I motivate students to blog?

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Send them on journalism missions!

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Flipboard Magazine iOS App

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Writing for an audience

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Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will

be guided by its light. - Joseph Pulitzer

Writing for an audience

Digital Research

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Bookmark

Aggregate

Annotate

Curate

Highlight

With digital tools you… �

Tag

Geolocate

Scan

kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html

PearlTrees

Educlipper

Livebinders

Pinterest

Diigo

Curation & Social Bookmarking

Diigo

Evernote for all devices

Postach.io- EverNote, Twitter, Fb into a blog

Drrobinson.postach.io

Popplet.com

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Interviews

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Makebeliefscomix.com 350+ Free Printables �

Comics as writing prompts �

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Plinky.com

Word Cloud Story by @Marisa_C

Use Word Cloud Tools �

• Post an image �• Students create a short poem, haiku, or 6 word story inspired by the image �

• Describe an event you observed in a series of pictures. Ex. animal in its habitat.

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Greta Sandler’s Class, Kidblog.org/ourgoodnews �

Change the writing

environment! �

Salvate l'ambiente: leggete su iPad by paz.ca, Flickr

Graphic organizers & storyboards! �

Create a safe environment! �

Comments4kids.blogspot.com�

#Comments4Kids

Quadblogging.net by @DeputyMitchell�

Quadblogging.com �

Connect With Other Classes �

Gret.wordpress.com �“The blog was awesome. I wrote stories and Marcos, my uncle who lives in Spain, read them and left comments for me!“

“People READ our blog. Greta read our blog too, but we got comments from all over the world”

“The blog was the best, I blogged all the time, when I was happy, sick, bored… all the time!“

“I blogged about everything I like: my friends, my pet, my thoughts. I even blogged when I was sick and couldn’t come to school“

“I blogged about my passion: rugby”

“I wrote about our country and things that were important to me”

Always educate and

include parents! �

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Parent Comments on Greta’s Blog �

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Tip: Use a stylus

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