Blogs
Subpages: Create a blog | Teachers’ Blogs
| What is a blog? |
Wikipedia: A blog (short for web log) is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject and can take on many forms. It can be used a an online diary or as a place to provide commentary on your favourite topics. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. Blogs also provide readers with the option to leave comments, which makes it possible to start a discussion about a particular topic that was blogged about. According to Technorati, the Blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months. The importance of blogs in education has been widely blogged about and many online conferences has been dedicated to exploring the possibilities of blogs in learning and teaching, So let’s explore some blogs before we create our own.
| Educational Blogs |
Let us first investigate some educational blogs that are floating around the Blogoshere…
- Educational Weblogs
- Educational Technology Blog Listing
- Pam Miller’s Blog is a great South African example of how a teacher is using blogs actively to reflect on her teaching and for learning…lots of great things there…
- Maggie’s learning blogs:
- ICT For champions
- Maths literacy blog
- An example of a Personal blog
| Blogging tools |
- Edublog
See How to do a blog using Edublogger or
View a brief tutorial showing how to get an edublogs account (Youtube)
- Blogger (see helpguide) (You cant’s create pages but this one is easy for to embed videos…)
- Wordpress 9If you would like to install a blogging platform on your school intranet)
- iblog (local blog)
| Questions: |
- How can I use a Blog for teaching and learning?
- Could we use a blog instead of a school website or to create a school website?
- Share some blog ideas
| Articles & Blogging resources: |
- Colloborative Teacher’s Wiki page about blogging
- A great wiki on educational blogging…http://supportblogging.com/
- Blogging at the Chalkface:
http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogging-at-the-chalkface/
This article is a personal account which describes and reflects on the use of blogs (web diaries) within the Diploma of E-Learning, delivered by Tropical North Queensland Technical and Further Education (TAFE), in Queensland Australia. It considers the practicalities of using blogs with students who have limited technological experience, identifies the trends in student/blog interactions over three years and discusses possible strategies for encouraging students to use blogs. The impact of blogs on the students’ own teaching practice is assessed and the work concludes with a checklist to help teachers decide whether to include blogs in their own teaching practice. The article draws heavily on personal comments made in facilitator and student blogs between 2003 and 2005. - Teaching critical blogging
- An Introduction to Blogging
- Blogger in the classroom
- http://misterteacher.blogspot.com
- The importance of title and URL (read before you create your blog…)
