Become part of a blog Read the posts Make comments Blogs
◦ **100 Most Inspiring and Innovate Blogs for Educators** ◦ 100 Excellent Blogs for Science Teachers:◦ Cool Cat Teacher Blog -◦ Top 20 Teacher Blogs◦ Blog Directory ◦ Blogs for every subject◦ TCESC 21st Century Tools Blog ◦ Making Teacher Nerdy◦ Tribune Chronicle Blogs◦ **Middle School Science** ◦ The Literature of Team 206
Step 1 – Find a Blog to follow
book blogs - invite the author to join Secret Life of Bees
character counts blogs daily journal blogs current event blogs students could follow another person's blog
and respond and fill out information sheet - Kathy Schrock Evaluation Form of Blogs
teacher posts a question/statistic/graph - all students reply
classroom blog
Step 2 – Decide a topic for your classroom blog
Teachers create a free account using blog site
Set up student accounts Discuss blogging guidelines with students Start blogging!!!
Create a Blog
Set up Blog – using 21classes
Advantages Disadvantages
Home Portal for the teacher and each student has own blog page
Home page allows teacher to add links, files, and images
No student email address required
Takes time to read all student blogs
Cannot have multiple classes under one log in
Type in each student name and password
Slow Min of 10 students/
$8.99 per blog for class size.
Set up Blog – using Kid Blog
Advantages Disadvantages
No student email required Teachers have
administrative control over all student blogs and student accounts.
Organized posts Create several blogs under
one account Cross over with student
accounts Add multimedia FREE!
Type in student account info
Basic blog – not many bells and whistles
New – I haven’t used it
BARKBulldogs are responsible, respect others and
keep the environment safe.
http://kidblog.org/FlexClass/wp-admin/
Step 4 – Go over guidelines with students and start Blogging!!
Blogging Guidelines Introduction to Blogs and Blogging ePALS Schoolblog Easily create and maintain safe
blogs for schools and classrooms! **Kidblog.org** Free, simple and safe blogs for kids**
to use in your classrooms. No student emails required! Teacherlingo - Easy bloging for teachers - choose free
version Using Blogs in the Classroom example
Blogs in Education Support Blogging - Blog Resources Teaching Tips
Blogging Resources
Grading/Rubrics◦ http://facultydevelopmentbgsu.blogspot.com/200
5/11/rubrics-to-evaluate-classroom-blogging.html◦ http://www.frenchteachers.org/technology/Gradin
g.Rubric.pdf◦ http://www.personal.psu.edu/cpl2/blogs/cplportfoli
o/Blogging%20Scoring%20Rubric.pdf◦ http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec296/assignm
ents/blog_rubric.html
Grading/Participation