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Title:
| Teaching Tips: Using Online Journals and Blogs |
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Description:
| These websites are about using weblogs in the classroom. There are websites where teachers and students can sign up for their own blogs for free. There are also several articles that explain how teachers are using blogs in the classroom. There are also lesson plans. Teachers should be especially cautious about giving out these links as students can access other blogs. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Resource Links:
| BlogMeister
Here is the eMINTS teachers' favorite web site for class blogging. NOTE: The site leads to websites with ads.
BBC News: The Seven Year Old Bloggers
Read about how elementary school students are using blogs in the classroom. NOTE: The "Talk" link leads to message boards. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Blogger: Create Your Blog Now
Take the "Quick Tour" and sign up for your own blog.
Classroom Blogs
This site has blogging tips for teachers, links to blogging websites, and has examples of live classroom blogs.
EduBlogs
This site provides free blogs for students, teachers, librarians, and other educators.
Support Blogging!
This site, which is actually a "wiki," has resources for teachers, students, and administrators to help understand and support educational blogging. NOTE: This site has links to external sites.
TeachersFirst: Gated Blogs for the Classroom
This site provides blog idea for a classroom. Find out what blog is, how to create a blog, and how to implement it in classroom. Click an arrow to navigate the site.
Blog Basics
This page explains what blog is and educational benefits and risks of blogs. Includes information about how to use blogs in a classroom, how to prepare students to use blogs, and steps for getting started on blogs. NOTE: This site has links to external sites.
Classroom Blogging: Ideas for Blogging with Students
This site identifies different types of blogging. Includes step-by-step guidance for creating an image for a blog as well as adding an image, a video, and HTML code to a blog. NOTE: This site contains ads and has links to external sites.
Classroom Blogs Examples
This page compiles real examples of blogs used in classrooms. More related topics about blogs on the right menu. NOTE: Some links are broken. This site has links to external sites.
Steps toward a Successful Classroom Blog
This article suggests approaches for successful classroom blogging. Examples are included.
Blog of Proximal Development
This blog is a good resource for teachers to learn from and share experiences with other educators about blogs in the classroom. NOTE: This site has links to external sites.
SuccessLinK: MO Prairies Please! A Blogging Projects on Missouri Prairies
In this lesson plan, students will research about Missouri prairie ecosystems and then create a blog. NOTE: This site has links to external sites.
ReadWriteThink: Blog about Courage Using Photos: Learning Beyond the Classroom
Students will create a blog with photos and comment the photos reflecting a concept of courage. NOTE: This site has links to external sites.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.4, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, 1, 4
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