Nov 27 2007
Blogging workshop @ Brescia
Announcement | Directions | Summary
The fact is that we are teaching the New NET generation. They can Mxit in their pockets and have virtual identities that we know nothing about…They “poke” each other on Facebook, write on each others Funwalls, and socialise online. How do we deal with this? Will our traditional teaching methods be sufficient to prepare them for a future world? The scary thing is that we do not know HOW to use the tools that they are so familiar with.
We are tasked with creating lifelong learners. How can we do that unless we become lifelong learners as well? So this workshop will contribute to our informal Professional Development and we will have to get the co-operation of our school management to support us on our learning pathway!
We have to “get with the program” using the tools of Web 2.0. This particular workshop will deal with how we can use blogging for teaching and learning. Let’s take one tool at a time!!!
During the workshop, we will…
- Look at what a blog is and how to go about setting it up:
- Setting up a blog in edublogger
- Giving your blog a new Look & Feel and adding picures
- Creating a new header for your blog: how-to-make-a-new-banner-for-your-blog.doc
- Customize our blog with widgets, podcasts, videos, photo albums…..·
- Workshop how we can use it for teaching and learning
- Discuss how we can use a blog “as a reflective tool” and a way to “look over each others shoulders” (see http://www.slideshare.net/choconancy/learning-over-each-others-shoulders/) ·
- Hopefully create a lesson/support for our learners using a blog…·
- Share resources
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