Blogging

Tradigital Learning : Our Class Blog
Create your blog.


 * Blogging Vocabulary


 * A series of posts from Edublogs** (these posts explain how to use a different blogging platform from Google Blogger, but the pedagogy still applies):
 * [|Step 1 – Set up your class blog]
 * [|Step 2 – Set Up Your Blogging Rules and Guidelines]
 * Mrs. Huff's Blogging Guidelines (You are welcome to copy and paste these--and revise as needed--to your own blog.)
 * [|Step 3 – Teaching Commenting Skills and Etiquette]– Guest post by [|Kathleen McGeady]
 * [|Step 4 – Help Parents Connect With Your Class Blog]
 * [|Step 5 – Add Students To Your Class Blog So They Can Write Posts]
 * [|Step 6 – Add A Visitor Tracking Widget To Your Blog Sidebar]
 * [|Step 7 – Setting Up Student blogs]
 * [|Step 8 – Add your student blogs to your blogroll]
 * [|Step 9 – Add Your Student Blogs To A Folder In Google Reader]

=Tutorials for Using Google Blogger=
 * How do I create a blog and start blogging?
 * How do I customize my sidebar? (Scroll down to the//Customizing Your Layout// section.)
 * How do I create a TEAM BLOG (class blog)?
 * How do I enable comments?
 * How do I moderate comments to my blog?
 * How do I create a link to another webpage?
 * How do I post images?
 * How do I add a video?
 * Blogger's list of tutorials
 * How do I add a Google doc to a post?

=Classroom Blogging Ideas= =Resouces for the Classroom=
 * ===View these links visually (with Sharetabs )===
 * Find a lesson by grade level and content at Classroom 2.0
 * Blogging Current Issues (an activity created by Mrs. Huff for her students)
 * Introduction to Blogging (elementary but easily adapted to any grade)level)
 * Solar Energy: A Lesson Plan and a Blog WebQuest
 * World Without Oil
 * Portfolios: Educator (and long-time blogger), Jeff Utecht, has written a series of blog posts detailing how his elementary school is using Google Blogger for student-created portfolios. This post provides PDF hand-outs, which he's presenting at NECC this summer. Here's a sample student blog/portfolio.
 * __Math Scribe blog__
 * Another math blog
 * Extreme biology blog
 * Tips on Blogging with Students : This post from Sue Waters, spokesperson for Edublogger (another blog hosting site), gives several tips and links. Beware: many of her comments and tutorials are specifically for Edublogger--Google Blogger is different--but the ideas are still worth a look.
 * Chemistry class blog
 * History class blog
 * Safe and Responsible Blogging
 * Social Vs Academic Commenting (includes blogging etiquette and safety)
 * How to leave a comment on someone's blog (the technical how-to)[[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/1776430181_dfa151c295.jpg width="349" height="339" align="left"]]
 * "[|Online Discussions: Tips for Students]" (one page hand-out)
 * [|"How to Comment to Build Conversations Around Ideas"] (one page PDF)
 * How to Grow a Blog : Teacher Konrad Glogowski has a great metaphor to explain blogging to students in a visual way. You could use his one-page hand-out with your own students.
 * Add Embed Code : This one-page PDF gives instructions for copying and pasting embed code to add videos, widgets, gadgets, Wordles, etc. to your blog.
 * **Rubrics**:
 * Links to Several Rubrics
 * General Blog Post Rubric
 * Another Blog Rubric
 * RubricRubric : Blog as Reflective Journal of Classroom Learning

**Web 2.0 Tools to Use with Blog (a short list!):** =Videos on Blogging=
 * Vocaroo : Record voice narration and get embed code to add to blog. Quick and easy!
 * Edublogs.tv : Upload videos and get embed code to put them in your blog.
 * SlideshareSlideshare : Upload slideshows (created with PowerPoint or other tool), and slideshare converts them to an online slideshow. Grab the code and add to your blog.
 * Google Docs : You can get the code for docs (or publish them as web pages and link to them), and add them to blog.
 * "Blogging As Writing Instruction"
 * "Blogging A Bigger Picture"

=My Delicious Bookmarks on Blogging (100+links--more than you want!)=
 * Blogging
 * Blog Samples
 * Blogging Bundle