I teach 3 different courses so there is a lot to share. I teach Cyber REady STL, Introduction to Engineering Design and Personal Finance. My load in teaching is almost a Sesame Street, "One of these things is not like the other". But when I teach and use blogs to keep students informed and for information sharing, they all match up.
Currently, I use Edmodo.com for my students. I have each class (2 classes per subject, so 6 individual classroom sites/blogs) that I communicate to students with. I share their Do Now and Exit Ticket assignments with them there. In turn, they complete those assignments, the Do Now and Exit Ticket, in Edmodo as well. I also use it for reinforcing directions for assignments. I also share information that I want them to know or that they may be interested in.
I never thought about Edmodo being a blog, but it is a combination of blog and classroom manager. I have been pleased with using it so far. When I first started using it 6 weeks ago I would load quizzes for students to take. What I have found since then is that having them take quizzes puts not only an extra step on me but on them as well. I will have to look at doing small quizzes there with more focus on how to make it a friendlier location.
Using Bloggs In the Classroom:
6710J: Understanding the Impact of
Technology on Education, Work, and Society – Assignment 2
Project Overview:
Exploring the ability to using Bloggs and RSS based Aggregators in the
classroom, bot both teaching students and learning as a student.
Grades and Courses:
·
Grades:
High School 9th to 12th
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Courses:
·
Cyber
Ready STL
·
Introduction
to Engineering Design
·
Personal
Finance
ISTE Standards:
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Empowered Learner -Students leverage technology
to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in
their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
·
1a
- Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies
leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself
to improve learning outcomes.
·
1b
- Students build networks and customize their learning
environments in ways that support the learning process.
·
1c
- Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves
their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of
ways.
·
1d
- Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology
operations demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current
technologies and can transfer their knowledge to explore emerging
technologies.
·
Digital
Citizen - Students recognize the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of
living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act
and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
·
2a
- Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation
and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital
world.
·
2b
- Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior
when using technology, including social interactions online or when
using networked devices.
·
2c
- Students demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and
obligations of using and sharing intellectual property.
·
2d
- Students manage their personal data to maintain digital
privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used
to track their navigation online.
Objectives:
·
Students
learn and manage their personal online presence.
·
Students
will learn and understand the impact of their presence in the digital world.
·
Students
will learn the fundamentals of creating an informational presence in the
digital world.
Requirements/Task(s):
Task 1: Create
a classroom blog.
Task 2: Set
student standards and expectations for said blog.
Task 3: Moderate
student engagement of said blog.
Task 4: Guide
students on etiquette and input to blogging.
Purpose of the blog:
Classroom(s) blog will be a location for the instructor to share important
information relating to assignments with students. Students will be able to access lessons, expectations
for those lessons, and comment on lesson requirements. Students will also be able to share sites
that have helped them complete the assignment(s) and communicate respectfully
in comments with instructor and classmates.
Steps for creating a classroom(s) blog:
- Decide on an appropriate format for
blog. Examples are Blogger.com,
Edublog.com, or Edmodo.com. Format needs to have an ease of use for all parties; students and educators.
- Share the blog address with all students.
- Give all students access to the blog.
- Provide clear expectations and directions
for the use of the classroom(s) blog.
- Address situations as they arise.
- Return to expectations with students as
needed.
Purpose of bog(s):
In 21st
Century Technology students are comfortable with immediate response items like,
but not limited to Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook. Blogs are a quick and efficient way to stay
in touch with the world, in this case, students. Communication is the primary purpose
of the classroom(s) blogs.
Using the classroom(s)
blogs the educator will be able to make announcements that of importance Educator
will post lessons, expectations, accolades and event announcements for reading
and sharing. Students will (may) respond
to posts as much as desired but no less than twice to posts that are of
interest or importance to them.
Websites of interest for Educators:
References:
Education, L. (Director). (2010). Teacher as
professional: The teaching profession [Motion Picture].
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and
Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Thousand Oaks: Corwin, A Sage
Company.
Richardson, W. (2015). From Master Teacher to
Master Learner. Bloomington, Indiana: Solution Tree.
University, W. (n.d.). RWRCOEL Technology proficiencies.
RWRCOEL Technology proficiencies. Retrieved from
https://class.content.laureate.net/2565b7a77954cee53d16c82a78cc0726.pdf
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