Weebly AssignmentPart 1: Using blogs to develop your teaching philosophy and to reflect on technology issues in education.

15

minutes per week

StandardsTechnology StandardsNETS-Students

As students, you will “demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology” by applying what you already know to what we learn in class. You will reflect on technology issues in education as you develop your own opinions and philosophy.

NETS-Teachers

As current/future teachers, you will increase your “knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology” in order to become a well-rounded instructor who is prepared to teach students in the 21st

century.

Assignment:You will be creating a blog for this class on using your Weebly account and updating it weekly with reflections on course discussions or responses to prompts as assigned.

You must complete at least the required blog entries for this class as assigned. Additional posts are encouraged.

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Wait, what’s a blog?The word blog is short for web log and has become a popular way to publish on the internet. Blogs are dynamic websites that people (and sometimes companies) use to write about whatever they want by regularly posting new content. Blogs can be anything from travel diaries to weekly restaurant reviews and often have ways to allow readers to subscribe or leave comments for the author.

Tips Ideas

Keep in mind:Your intended audience. Who are you writing for? Your students? Their parents? Other teachers?

Your spelling and grammar. These things matter. If your posts are difficult to read, people will stop reading.

Yourself. This project is for your own reflection and professional development. Don’t be afraid to have some fun!

Getting Started

Go to http://www.weebly.com

(there’s a link on the course homepage as well)

Enter your name, an email address, and a password you will remember.

Click the “Sign up” button

Start creating! We’ll go over some basics together.

I suggest using your WOU email address for any accounts we set up in the class, but you may use any address you are comfortable with.