Blogging 101
Expanding the Boundaries of Teaching and Learning
by Danja Mahoney
September 14, 2009
Latin Teacher, RMHS
http://magistram.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/MagistraM
6. Build a global network
1. Take babysteps
2. Read blogs
3. Own your name4. Jump on in
5. Face your fears
Become a blogger:
Put yourself in your students' shoes
• a paragraph
• a picture
• a link
• add categories
• widgets "funky feet" by jek in the box via flickr
Read!Read!"Open book" by Honou via flickr
http://blogsearch.google.com/
http://technorati.com/
http://www.icerocket.com/
Find blogs
Google Reader
Manage your reading
RSS
http://www.whatisrss.com/
Bloglines
Join in the conversationAsk questions
Leave comments
Respond to comments
Invite others to join in
Don't be shy
Own your identity
http://www.google.com/profiles
If you won't do it, who will?
Jump on in!• What are you thinking about? • What has worked well in class? • What hasn't gone well? • What are your concerns? • What made you laugh in class today?• What are you reading?• What did you talk about at lunch?• What did you learn this week?• What do you want to learn next week?• What did you learn from another teacher?• What did you learn from your students?• What are you afraid to try?
"jump tuck kerplunk" by theeeeta via flickr
Face your fearsIt's not perfect
I have nothing to say
What if my students/parents/principal reads it?
Other people have already said what I think
I don't even write a journal
It's not finished
What if nobody reads it?
What if I do it wrong?
Won't I ruin my reputation? my career?
I'll feel naked!
Build a global network
ClustrMap
Twitter Delicious
Diigo Ning
Plurk
don't reinvent the wheel - find the experts who are already doing it!
"We are like dwarfs standing upon the shoulders of giants, and so able to see more and see farther than the ancients." Bernard of Chartres, circa 1130
Classroom 2.0
Need the URL? What is it?
Plurk: http://www.plurk.com/Plurk is a social journal for your life
Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledgesharing community
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world.
Ning: http://www.ning.com/Create your own social network
Delicious: http://delicious.com/Social bookmarking. All your stuff in one place.
Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com/Classroom 2.0 is the social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.
Check out these blogging resources:
http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/quickstarttipsforstudentbloggingpartisettingupyourclassblog/
Sue Waters's "Quick start tips for student blogging:"
http://laurenc604.edublogs.org/2009/08/13/edublogsadvice/Lauren's "Edublogs Advice" - a student perspective:
Kathleen McGeady's "Some tips for classroom blogging"http://primarytech.globalteacher.org.au/2009/08/28/sometipsforclassroomblogging/
http://www.problogger.net/
Darren Rowse's ProBlogger - this is more general than education focused but he offers great tips on building a blog:
Next steps: