Welcome to our presentation on Building Classroom Communities and Language Development Using Online Tools. Below is a list of some of the Websites we’ll be exploring. The list is divided into Elementary (Alice’s links and sites) and Secondary (Larry’s links and sites).
Alice Links and Sites
Miz Mercer’s Public Library | Diigo
Music Lesson 3: More Musical Genres | Oakridge Sixth Grade Blog
Oakridge Second Grade – Camouflage
Miz Mercer’s Public Library | Diigo
Larry’s Links and Sites
This was an online event with Edublogs Live, that I forgot to preview here. I promise I will list future shows before they happen!
You’ve started your blog(s) with students, and they are writing, when is their work “ready” to publish and share with the world? If you haven’t thought about it yet, you should. Watch as we discuss how to figure out your philosophy about publishing student work, and how to make sure that you are having students show their best work, while still supporting learning.
Points covered included:
Sue Wyatt (taz teacher) and Jan Smith shared their experiences with student blogs which were very illuminating!
You can see the archive of the Elluminate session here
A note about the writing on this blog…
This blog includes writing from elementary students, and shows work at all stages from first to final drafts
Work with this logo:
has been edited once.
Work with this logo:
is in a final form.
We do this to show the whole writing process, and hope you enjoy seeing how we learn.
the image link is here:
Edited: http://oakridgefourthgrade.edublogs.org/files/2009/05/cooltext421028791.png
Final: http://oakridgefourthgrade.edublogs.org/files/2009/05/cooltext421029122.png
I did both on cooltext: http://cooltext.com/Buttons
I will be conducting a session Student Blogging: avoiding potholes on the way in the Edublogs Elluminate room in a little under 24 hours. Since the day and time depend on your time zone, here are a few:
UTC: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 01:00
US EDT: Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 21:00 or 9:00 p.m.
US PDT: Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 18:00 or 6:00 p.m.
Perth, Australia – Western Australia Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 9:00 AM
or click here to calculate your own.
This session is for folks new to blogging with students and talks about how to structure and plan for this big step. It’s more a how and why than a how-to. Please join us!
Photo: Day 223 – Learning to use computers on flickr
Tags: blogging·edublogging·online·students
This is a preview of my Blogging in Elementary Preso for CUE 2009on Thursday March 4, at 2 p.m. PDT
Audio will be available at Blog Talk Radio
7 Things You Should Know About Blogs
2 page handout on blogs
A hub resource for sharing links and resources for various stakeholders about ed tech
oakridgeedtech » Start of Year Intermediate
Example of a student response on a blog
Assignment #18: What Works in Oak Park | Sixth Grade Blog
Warlick’s CoLearners | Main / ClassBlogmeisterWiki browse
Sign In to Class Blogmeister – Class Blogmeister
Yahoo Groups: Class Blogmeister Support Community
Edublogs – teacher and student blogs
EdTech Update: Remove the "next blog" button from Blogger
Weebly – Create a free website and a free blog
21Classes – Free Classroom and Education Blogs – Home
We covered a lot during this training, and Pat and I want you to know that we will continue to help you. You can leave a comment here, or send an email when you have further questions. I will list upcoming trainings in the sidebar to the left, so look there if you would like more time to work on projects.
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You can upload documents (like Word, Excel, and pdf files) to a blog post. Look at the top right of the edit post box for the “asterisk”:
Click on that button, then choose the “browser uploader” and locate your file, and upload it.
Here is a document for your admin to sign for a blog. It’s not technically required any longer, but you should follow the guidelines from the district in how you maintain your blog:
You find a great YouTube video, but how to show it in your classroom? YouTube is blocked in school computers. You can “pull down” a YouTube video with this handy online tool, Zamzar. Just get the url for the video on YouTube, then go to Zamzar and enter it in. It will ask what format you want (WMV for Windows Media Player, MOV for Mac), and for your email. You will be sent an email with a link to go to when it is done (usually within a couple of hours).
Can be found here:
Here is Pat’s site for the training: http://edutrain.edublogs.org/
Here is a manual in PDF format for Edublogs: http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/files/2008/05/edublogs_05-26a3wp.pdf
Here are some blogs that might be useful as you being to use edublogs in your blogs:
The Edublogger is a blog with tips and tricks for using Edublogs:
http://www.theedublogger.edublogs.org/
Moving Forward is a wiki listing blogs and other Web 2.0 applications in the classroom. Look under examples to see other class and student blogs, or under teachers to see teachers who blog about how they use this tool in their classrooms:
http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Blogs
Two blogs that will provide you with useful resources for technology in the classroom are:
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
http://instructify.com
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
This was made on flickrslidr.com. You can create slideshows like this for subject matter students are researching, like this one I did for the Revolutionary War. You will get code to put on a blog post. Make sure you click on the HTML tab at the top of your blog post edit window to put the code in.
