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Blogs and their use in the classroom

Blogs and their use in the classroom
Intro
Examples of Classroom Blogs
Staff Development Blogs
Librarian Blogs
Teaching
Technology
Good Blog Tools

Intro

Why Blog in Education? (video clip)

http://campus.belmont.edu/chenowit/dragonstale/WebLoggingSmall.mov

This is a short video clip featuring Will R. and students/colleagues from his high school. The enthusiasm of students and teachers in this video clip will help make the case for classroom blogging!

Transparency and constructivism, etc. (Or five good reasons to blog the research process)

by Joyce Valenza

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/560014056.html

This article outlines 5 good reasons to blog when using research.

Examples of Classroom Blogs

ELEMENTARY

Elementary Teacher's Blog – Room 208 (Bob Sprankle)

http://bobsprankle.com/blog/

Bob Sprankle is a 3-4 grade teacher in Wells, Maine. This link leads to his classroom blog, which is a visual delight! You'll see he's doing a lot of podcasting with his students. Bob also has a blog for teachers where he "reflects on the changing classroom in the 21st Century." Click on the "Bit by Bit" button in the left-hand margin, or follow this link.

Blogical Minds (5th grade)

http://itc.blogs.com/minds/

Room 9 Nelson Central’s Blog (Ages 6-7, Nelson, NZ)

http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com/

MIDDLE

Grade 8 Math Blog (Winnipeg, Canada)

http://816math.blogspot.com/

Grade 8 History Blog (Missouri)

http://www.speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/

This teacher is doing amazing things combining blogs with podcasts!

Jeanne Simpson – Seventh Grade Math

http://7westmath.blogspot.com/ (former site)

http://jsgeometry.edublogs.org/ (current site)

HIGH

Randy Fullington – High School Honors Biology

http://ghshonorsbio.blogspot.com/

Suzanne Culbreth – High School Geometry

(See links to three classroom blogs at top of webpage

http://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/omhs/faculty/sculbreth/links.htm

High School Language Arts

http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees/

Sixth Grade Social Studies

http://room613talk05.edublogs.org/

http://hetherington.learnerblogs.org/ (student blogs)

Staff Development Blogs

http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/

Blogs can also support an exchange of ideas and resources among teachers who are keen on pursuing 21st Century teaching strategies. Here's a blog supported by Karl Fisch at Arapahoe HS in Centennial, Colorado. It's also a good example of the power of social networking – while the blog supports teachers at AHS, it's also addressed to a larger global audience of educators. Definitely a good blog to "subscribe" to!