Blogs in the Classroom

This blog talks about using it in the classroom. I liked it because it gave examples for uses of blogging in the classroom. I also liked the idea of putting assignments on a new post. This allows students that are sick or not in school to know what is going on in class. It would also make easier for teachers, would not have to write out assignments for students that are missing in class.
Also gave help on how to navigate the template tab and bling for your Blog.

Check this out to see what you think.

http://classroomblogging.blogspot.com

21st Century Skills Blog

Garitt Irey

My blog dealt with a teacher that utilized Google Maps with Blogs as well as Wikis to provide enhancement to students learning. The teacher provided several examples about how these skills increase student achievement. The blog also included directions and instructions of how to incorporate this lesson, a link to questions and additional websites to answer questions or provide supplemental instruction. This website also included a blog from the teacher discussing the positives of utilizing the internet to promote student learning.

http://www.c21skills.blogspot.com/

Tech. in Schools - Wegner's Way

From Kirk regarding Graham Wegner's blog.

This blog is written by an Australian teacher who loves technology. Greg is anxious for others to have that same positive experience. He does seem a bit frustrated at how slow others are to adapt to new ideas. The greatest fun of reading this blog is to feel the excitement and enthusiasm that Wegner has for new technology and all that it can offer students. If that would interest you, take a look at this blog. I think you will like it.

http://gwegner.edublogs.org/

Brandon Valley Art Dept

I choose to showcase the blog for the Brandon Valley Art Dept. 

It may have only been up and running for less then a month, but I really liked the idea behind this blog.  In addition to incorporating class discussions online, my favorite thing about this blog was that the students each had a blog linked to the class blog.   For example, here is Rob's blog.

Visuals have a very strong impact on the web, that is why I think having a blog for an art class is a great idea.   Not only are the students getting to share their work with the world, they are learning how to use web 2.0 tools to help them do it.

-John Vogel

Blogger Hacked

Deepak is the creator of blogger hacked and he teaches the reader how to decode or hack blogs. Deepak gives the reader several different tips and ideas so that they can hack the right way. Deepak says, "The hidden codes are in the tumblers, do you have the right keys?" I believe if your into hacking you will find what you need at this site.

Thanks,
Joshua


http://blogger-hacked.blogspot.com/

Islay High School in Scotland

From: Jodi

This blog spot by Ian Stuart who is one of Islay High School teachers in Scotland has a blog that tells the world what himself, his school, and other technology devices are doing. If you read his blog you become quite aware of how involved he and his school is in the uses of web 2.0 skills and 21st century skills. This teacher has a lot of technology skills and talks about implementing them in many different ways of learning especially on student travels. I thought it was just exciting to learn what other schools and students in other countries are doing and learning.

Check out his blog:

http://islayian.blogspot.com/

6th Grade: School and Life

Check out the following blog: http://brandonsixthgrade.blogspot.com/

Mr. Klumper a 6th grade teacher for the Brandon Valley School District has created this blog for his students, I think, to get a taste of 6th grade life and to learn some cool web 2.0 tools. There are some pretty entertainging you tube clips on here.

So, what did you think of his creative use for blogs?

Lynx Principal

It is neat that Mr. Talcott has his own blog. What a great way for him to communitcate to the community. For the couple blogs Mr. Talcott posted, he had a fair amount of feedback. I personally would like to see all administrators blogging. However, I would expect at least one blog a month if not more.

You can look at Mr. Talcott's blog at http://www.lynxprincipal.blogspot.com/

What are your opinions concerning administrators and blogging?

EDFN 750 Guest Bloggers

The students in the first summer session course EDFN 750 are required to complete a stint as a guest blogger on my ESA 4 blog. Above is a photo of this good-looking group of people.
Here is a link to our class wiki http://edfn750.wikispaces.com/