Let's begin! Please watch this video, "How to Create a Blog with Blogger":
Click the above PDF icon for a handout on Blogger.
Your Turn!
Now go to http://www.blogger.com, and create your own blog!
If you have a Gmail account, use your Gmail address as the Blogger username and your Gmail password as the Blogger password.
If you don't have a Gmail account, you can create a new Blogger account by going to http://www.blogger.com. Use your own TEL/Hotmail/Yahoo/Rogers/etc. email address as the new username for your new Blogger account. TIP: for some reason, it helps to be signed into your email account on a different browser window when using this email address to create a new Blogger account.
You don't need a Gmail account to create a new Blogger account. However, if you'd like to create a new Gmail account, get a free one from:
Note: the above video was embedded into this posting by copying the code found in the "Embed" box on the YouTube site for this video, then pasting it into the "Edit HTML" tab for this posting.
DiscussionHow would you use on your own class blog to foster learning? How might you encourage active student participation on your blog? How might you use student-created blogs in your classroom?
Please share your ideas here! Simply click on "Comment" at the bottom of this posting and add your 2 cents! The more we share with each other, the richer we'll all be!
3 comments:
I'm not pretty sure about the answer to this question. I ask myself if the right place for a community such as a class is a blog, or a website, being a blog only a part of it. I would use a blog to present the students with new information, ideas, challenges. The format is not only individual as you reach the student one on one in a very different context than a classroom, but also the communication channel is completely different, as there is no in-situ interaction, no body-language, no emotional cues immediately read.
A blog could be a place to see expressions of individuality, a place to collectively build knowledge and -maybe- wisdom.
But I still have the impression that the blogging activity is only a part of a wider and more complex activity which could be an online learning community. The meeting place -I think- is the website of that community; whereas one of the channels could be the blog.
My first reaction is to use a blog to highlight student work and voice. I"m always looking at ways for students to share their creativity and achievements beyond the limited time I can offer in the classroom. I think it's also a really great way to build a connection to parents as well.
In my mind, blogs provide students with opportunities to respond to each other's work. When I think of blogs I think journals. Instead of just the teacher responding, students respond to each other. Imagine a school-wide collection of blogs in which students would be expected to participate -sports, current events, school, fashion, history, math, science - each moderated by a different teacher who then shares info about the writing with all the other teachers.
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