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Competitions | Technology in our classroom
(tags: blogging elementary_school)

Once you have set up your blog, looked at other classroom and students’ blogs, talked about safety, blog commenting and writing, you might want to have a few other blogging activities for your students up your sleeve.

Sue Wyatt from Australia conducted a Student Blogging Competition. Her blog is full off ideas, examples and activities that [...]

Inspired by Kim Cofino’s post Making an Impact , I was encouraged to make my own list and “checking it twice” of the things that I was able to accomplish professionally in 2008. Around New Year, there is usually a frenzy to make resolutions and lists on what to do next year, but it seems [...]

I am making the individual blogging unit posts available as pdf files for easier download.

Blogging-unit (All posts)
1 blogging with Elementary School Students
2-creating-an-outline-for-blogging-unit-plan
3-introduction-to-blogging-lesson-plan
4-blogging-lesson-plan-online-safety
5-blogging-lesson-plan-commenting
6-blogging-lesson-plan-writing
7-setting-up-the-blog-and-getting-started
8-logistics-of-formatting-a-blog-post

There are many different venues and companies you can set your classroom blog up. The most popular options are:

Edublogs
Blogger
WordPress
Classblogmeister

Once your blog is installed and your account set up, you will need to create additional users for each one of your students. Screenshots below are taken in WordPress 2.7.

Click on Users and “Add New User”

Enter a [...]

CamStudio – Free Screen Recording Software
CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos
(tags: videos software screencasting)

32 Places to Find Images for Use Online
Part of being a good [...]

iPods in Education Part 1: Audiobooks « The Mobile Learner
series of reflections on the ways in which an Apple iPod can be incorporated in education.
(tags: education ipod)

Google Librarian Central – Tools
Looking for tools to help teach your students and patrons how to use Google more effectively?
(tags: resources teaching tips search)

I am in the process of applying to become an Apple Distinguished Educator for the class of 2009.
I don’t know if it is appropriate to publish my video clip since the application process is still open until January 31st.
But…
… it feels odd not to share my work, so in the spirit of transparency and documenting [...]

Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis…
This wiki is designed to support the book, Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and other Digital Tools, by Richard Beach, Chris Anson, Lee-Ann Breuch, and Thom Swiss,
(tags: blogging writing)

The Future is Unwritten by Miguel Guhlin » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
What does web 2.0 mean to our children?
- “Life is [...]

We are finally getting ready for the ACTUAL writing part with our students. Until now you have prepared your students by:

exploring other student authored blogs
talking about online safety, online identity and cyber bullying
making the difference between social and academic commenting clear

As with commenting, talk with your students about the difference between social and academic writing. [...]