blogs



"Blogging can be a place where we can make connections and dig deeper into how and what we are learning, both student and teacher. Sharing these thoughts and discoveries with others builds networks of learning that can cross continents. We get to toss our ideas out, have reactions to them, receive suggestions to build upon them and many more become involved in the process. It becomes more personalized and certainly more meaningful.... Blogging has helped me view each of my students as constructors of knowledge who need frequent opportunities to be involved in the process of creating meaning. Blogs can be short, quick writes that give them the practice they need to learn from putting their thoughts down and then engaging in the dialogue about the process, both online and in the classroom…” " from [|Anne Davis' Blog] “the feedback they can receive about their thinking. Having them blog stories and poems is a powerful tool but what if you have your kids write about their understanding of a topic in reading or science or math or history or a current event or even a field trip or investigation. Now others can question them and force them to think deeper and support their thinking. What a great opportunity to teach students about the ethics and civility required in questioning and discussing the topic with others....and there’s more….If motivating the students to write and care about their writing is an obstacle for you, blogging just might be the thing you’re looking for.” [|EduBlog Insights]
 * //Educator Reflections//**

[|Kim Markwart's Grade 6/7 Class Blog] (Regina) - [|Kim Brown's Grade 6/7 Haultain School](Regina) [|Clarence Fisher's Thin Walls Blog] (Snow Lake, Manitoba)
 * Classroom Blog Samples**
 * [|more about this class and their writing experience with blogs]
 * [|the class generated rubric for making comments to others' blogs]
 * [|more about this class and their writing and collaboration experiences through blogging]
 * This innovative teacher and his students are writing, interacting and collaborating around the world. Clarence is the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching for his integration of technology into daily classroom life.

[|Classroom Blogmeister] - created for teachers by David Warlick (author of Redefining Literacy in the 21st Century) [|A Wiki of "How To's" for using Blogmeister] - developed by its community of users [|Sustained Blogging in the Classroom] - a presentation from the K - 12 Online Conference. Jeff Utecht shares how to embed blogging into your teaching and sustain blogs as a learning tool over time. - A collection of shared knowledge gathered from the educator listserve in the last year.
 * Blogging Resources to Get Your Students Writing with Blogs**
 * community of educators and students
 * built-in collaboration tool
 * list-serve provides a forum of discussion (opportunities, troubleshooting and user support)

There are thousands of thought-provoking and informative blogs written by educators around the world. Here are just a few that tend to focus on teaching and learning with technology. [|Blog of Proximal Development] [|The FischBowl] [|Clarence Fisher's Thin Walls Blog] [|The GoogleEarth Blog] [|Teacheng.us] [|EduBlog Awards] - visit the site to see award winning educational blogs in various topic/subject areas.
 * Professional Blogs**