You know how to set up a blog. Maybe you even have one of your own. Now you’re wondering how you can incorporate it into the classroom without it feeling like another add-on. You also want to make sure you’re getting lots of pedagogical bang for your buck. In this session, you’ll move beyond the basics and learn:
- how to integrate blogging into pre-existing units or lessons
- how to use blogging to teach students about good digital citizenship
- how to assess blogging and commenting
- how to manage a class set of blogs.
Audience: Intermediate and Secondary
Resources:
- Danika’s class website: Ms. Barker’s English Class
- Connecting to current research: Henry Jenkins (addressing participatory culture), Kathleen Blake Yancey (Writing in the 21st Century)
- Teaching tools: Blogging handout (reflective blog posts), 2-day Lesson
- Editing HTML Code