MICDS Summer Institute: Blogging

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Blogging in the Classroom

MICDS Summer Teacher Institute 2010

Overview

http://lynnmittler.wikispaces.com/

Your experiences

Challenges of blogging

Types of blogging

Andyp UK

http://lynnmittler.wikispaces.com/

Reasons for blogging

Develop thoughts

Exhibit understanding

Exercise writing and thinking skills

Develop an audience

Provide opportunity for feedback from teacher and/or peers

Learn from others

Student Blogs: Assignment Based

http://blogs.micds.org/lmittler/

http://blogs.micds.org/lmittler/

Brain Break

DarinAZ

Student Generated Blogs

10th Grade Non-Fiction Assignment

Atlantic Monthly http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/current

Economist http://www.economist.com/

Scope: What is the focus of the content of the magazine? Why types of articles does it include? What are the subjects of their blogs?

Purpose: What is the purpose of this magazine? To persuade the reader to do something? Inform the reader? Prove something?

Audience: Who is the intended audience for this magazine? How can you tell?

Objectivity: What point of view does the magazine and its writers represent? Are there topics or advertisements that help you determine this?

On your personal blog, assess the scope, purpose, audience and objectivity of each of the five sites that you visit.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/current

http://www.economist.com/


Further Steps:

Close Reading of Magazine

Business Proposal

White Fella


Requirements:•Each post is between 350-500 words; make sure to tag it nonfiction•Each post contains hotlinks to at least three things you reference•Each post references at least one other source on your topic or source that inspired your post•Each post contains at least two quotes from sources or other experts on your topic•Each post is carefully proofread, edited and revised•Each post contains an image that is obtained with creative commons licensing and is appropriately cited. The image should enhance your message. (something representational or symbolic, not just a direct image)

Images can be obtained at: Creativecommons.orgCompfight.com (make sure creative commons images are selected)

Personal Interest Student Blogs

The Art of Commenting

Takes training just like any other skill

Be clear on your expectations of these comments: purpose, language, frequency

Help students avoid the “critical” comment

Require students to offer “something new” to the discussion

Assessing and Scaffolding

Structure takes time to build

Has to be meaningful to students

Feedback must offer new things to consider

Great resource on the wiki

Brain Break

maytevidri

Creating a blog

Creating a blog: elements

Voice

Hotlinks

Images: compfight.com

Length

Mr. Geoff

Following Blogs

Students

others

RSS Feeds

Teacher Blog

Getting the word out

Frogmiller

PLN: Twitter

Have a great summer!

Keep thinking

Surf around

Write your own

Ben Heine

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