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Blogging Tips for Teachers » Topic Covered in the Blog
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Topic Covered in the Blog
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1. Students brainstorm main ideas and details on prewriting paper.
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2. Students type their stories on our wireless AlphaSmart computers.
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3. Fact Checkers work to verify a story.
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4. Students upload their story from the AlphaSmart to Mrs. Yollis' Blogger account.
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Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog is an educational blog. All of the stories share information and are written by my students or as a class.
Students can write about:
- Content we are learning in class - (After we finish a lesson, my students will often say, "We should blog about this!" Imagine, having students ASK if they can write about what they are learning. Here is a post written after a Science lesson on light. )
- Topics that interest them personally - (One student has written posts about his community service group call Boys in Action.)
- A place they have visited - If a student wants to write a travel post, they must include educational facts about the place. For example, the writer must include relevant information about population, elevation, or the economy of a place. We are an educational blog, so each post must inform. We have travel posts from Washington, D.C., Lake Tahoe, and Palm Springs!
- Tutorials! When students find a certain topic difficult, as was the case with quadrilaterals, we sometimes create a tutorial. Students can revisit the blog to refresh their memory about the subject.
Sometimes we post movies about what we are learning.
- Here are some presentations of our dioramas.
The content of this blog is always educational. I look for opportunities for my students to write or share about what they are learning.
Although I use many web 2.0 tools and gadgets, I am constantly thinking about what brings educational value to this site for my students rather than what brings flash.
Here is a link to a blog post about how we get a story written and published on our blog.
Chaparral Elementary
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