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Digital Journals & Student Blogging
ShellyTerrell.com
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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.com/sec0on/the-‐paly-‐voice-‐bL09Sx
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
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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Blogs�Widgets!
Comments!Tagging!
Analytics!
Reblogging!Embedding!
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Makebeliefscomix.com 350+ Free Printables �
Comics as writing prompts �
Oneword.com
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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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