What is a blog? Exercises to try NOVICE APPRENTICE PRACTITIONER EXPERT  Examples Professional Blogs by UWCSEA East teachers Personal Blogs by UWCSEA East teachers Blogs with an educational focus Further reading/exploration

 

AIM OF THE WEEK:

To get you to read a few "blogs"

in the hopes that you'll find them

interesting enough to go back to over time

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What is a blog?

 

"blog" is short for "web log" -- a website where an individual (or a group of people) can post entries, usually in chronological order (with the most recent at the top of the page) ...  Think of a blog posting as a short article and think of a blog as a personal magazine.....  The frequency of posts varies dramatically, with some posting daily, others monthly, and others only when they have something burning to say...

 

Watch this Common Craft video for a visual introduction:

 

 

 

Exercises to try

 

NOVICE

 

1.  Read at least one blog posting on three different blogs.  You might start by looking at a blog by someone you know, e.g., see these personal blogs by UWCSEA teachers or these professional blogs by UWCSEA teachers.  If you recall, the mother of one of Alyssa's students just died of cancer -- the blog she kept makes for very powerful reading:  Shin's Cancer Blog.  You could check out Keri-Lee or Katie's favourite blogs for some inspiration.  We have also put together some lists of blogs with an educational focus for you to try.

 

APPRENTICE

 

1.  Complete the Novice task.

2.  Explore at least three other blogs -- which means reading at least four postings on each blog and finding out something about the author, e.g., on the "About" page of the blog. 

 

PRACTITIONER

 

1.  Complete the Apprentice tasks.

2.  Recommend three blog postings other teachers might enjoy -- by bookmarking them on your Delicious page.

 

EXPERT 

 

1.  Complete the Practitioner tasks.

2.  Recommend three blogs other teachers might enjoy reading on a regular basis -- by bookmarking them on your Delicious page.

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Examples

 

 

Professional Blogs by UWCSEA East teachers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Blogs by UWCSEA East teachers

 

 

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Blogs with an educational focus

 

List of Blogs from Support Blogging - has links to class blogs, student blogs, principal blogs, administrator blogs etc.

http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers

 

Class Blogs (to divide up):

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/check-out-these-class-blogs/

Early Years

 

Elementary

Class blog for 7/8 year olds in NZ ://glenview9.wordpress.com/

Grade 3 Writing http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233

Grade 6 Writing http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=65078

 

Educational Leadership

http://struth.edublogs.org/ Vice-Principal of ISB, Bangkok

http://intuitthink.edublogs.org/ Principal of ISB, Bangkok

 

Music

http://mustech.net/100-me-bloggers#MElist

List of 100 Music Education blogs

 

ICT & Educational Technology

http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/ Suzie Vesper

 

http://www.thethinkingstick.com/ Jeff Utecht

 

 

Further reading/exploration

 

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