Blogging Bootcamp Agenda                                                                Back to TeachTeach.com

 

5-10 minutes
  1. Sign up for an Edublog.

20-30 minutes
  1. Introduce the concept of blogging by having participants review various types of blogs and post a comment to the workshop blog.
    Talking Points:
    1. Stephen Barkley’s Learning dip
    2. Discomfort w/ blogging can be less about fear of technology, more a form of social anxiety

 

20-30 minutes
  1. Can blogging make you a better teacher? Review posts and post comments.

20-30 minutes
  1. What defines effective blogging?  Review examples and post comments.

15 minutes
  1. What purposes can a blog and/or blogging serve for a teacher?

 

    1. Create a virtual classroom
    2. Maintain an electronic portfolio
    3. Discover informational resources
    4. Create/participate in a learning community
    5. Synthesize information
    6. Provide a space for professional reflection and discussion
    7. Engage in professional learning
    8. Provide mentoring support

     

      for students?

 

a.      Make writing "fun”

b.      Create an online collaboration space

c.       Provide an authentic audience for writing

d.      Allow for peer review/collaboration on writing

e.      Maintain an electronic portfolio

f.       Discover informational resources

30-45 minutes
  1. Begin using your Edublogs blog.
    1. Login to email and obtain login info. Click login URL in email to access your blog.
    2. Go to Users to change your profile info, including password.  Also, fill in info for your About page here.
    3. Go to Options to set time, change email, change title or description of blog.
    4. Choose template through Presentation.
    5. Go to Links to add Links and Link Categories.
    6. Go to Manage to edit or delete posts, create separate blog pages, create categories for posts, edit, delete, or moderate comments, review referrers and subscriptions.
    7. Go to Write to write a new post or to create and write a new page.