South Berwick Blogging Schedule

(8:00—9:30)

Intro

1. Who Am I?
2. Who Are You?

Support for After the Workshop

1. bobsprankle.com
2. Wiki
3. my Email
4. Will's Book
5. COVER IT LIVE

Why Do You Want to Blog?

(8:30—9:00)

Objectives:

• Create a blog using free online tools.
• Understand the basics of RSS.
• Sign up and use an aggregator to subscribe blogs
• Collect resources and Prof. Dev. Blogs
• Think differently about communication and collaboration in their classrooms

Purpose

1. Room 208 Experience
2. Dif. Between Web 1.0 and web 2.0
3. Other examples:
   1. Secret Life of Bees
   2. Maria Knee—HAVE DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT "LEARNING IS MESSY"
   3. Darren Kuropatwa
4. Articles about STAGES OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION

(9:00—9:45)

What is a Blog?


Let's Start Blogging!

1. Sign Up for Blogger.com
   1. Reasons:
      • Good Primer
      • Will be able to join other blogs (can comment)
      • Quick
   2. Why I don't Use with Students
      • The NEXT button
      • There is a Script option

(9:45—10:00)

Safety

1. Address Concerns
2. Discuss solutions
3. SHOW RESOURCE ARTICLES ON WIKI

(10:00—10:10)

BREAK

(10:10—10:30)

LEAVE YOUR BLOG TEMPORARILY... HEAD OVER TO MY BLOG

1. NETS STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS! Question: How will blogging help transform the classroom and carry out NETS standards

• TAGS

(10:30—11:00)

BACK TO YOUR BLOG:

CUSTOMIZATION

• WRITE WELCOME POST—TAG IT
• THEMES
• ADD RSS LINK
• PROFILE
• EXPLORE

(11:00—12:00)

RSS

• What is RSS Video
• Aggregators
  • GoogleReader
  • Sign Up
  • Subscribe to 5 Blogs
    • HOW TO FIND RSS
  • My edublog folks on my GoogleReader

(12:00—12:45)

Lunch

(12:45—2:00)

Edublogs

• sign up
• Dashboard
• categories
• Post
• comment
• Settings:

1. General: name of blog, etc.
2. Reading... do you want a summary rather than full
3. Comment MODERATION (SPAM)
   1. Edublogs has automatic filter
      • Privacy... upgrade for more (private or public discussion?)

1. Themes (warn: choose before Widgets)
2. Widgets
3. SIGNING UP STUDENTS:
   http://www.screencast.com/users/courosa/folders/Jing/media/7c606039-4d17-4369-b99b-c467de708a36

IF TIME

1. MicroBlogging
   Twitter
2. Mo' Blogging (brief)
   Why should you care? HIGH SCHOOL: cellphones
   Other scenarios:
   • field trips
   • ASSESSMENT
   • End of the day reflections
   • Notes to Students
   • Students posting: homework, reflection

• Some tools:
  • GCast
  • GabCast
  • Utterz
  • WP on iphone

1. Turn Your Blog into a Book
   http://www.blurb.com/create/book/blogbook
   1. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING (delicious)