{"id":3784,"date":"2010-04-15T18:02:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T22:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2010-04-15T18:15:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T22:15:28","slug":"blog-ideas-from-dawn-corley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/04\/15\/blog-ideas-from-dawn-corley\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog ideas &#8212; from Dawn Corley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"sites-page-title-header\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/dawncorley\/ideas-for-incorporating-blogs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blog ideas<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from Dawn Corley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideas to incorporate the use of  blogs with student learning<\/strong><br \/>\nYou  can start a class blog with students to\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>post  class-related information such as calendars, events, homework  assignments and other pertinent class information<\/li>\n<li>post  assignments based on literature readings and have students respond on  their own blogs, creating a kind of portfolio of their work<\/li>\n<li>communicate  with parents if you are teaching elementary school students<\/li>\n<li>post  prompts for writing<\/li>\n<li>provide  examples of classwork, vocabulary activities, or grammar games<\/li>\n<li>provide  online readings for your students to read and react to<\/li>\n<li>gather  and organize Internet resources for a specific course, providing links  to appropriate sites and annotating the links as to what is relevant  about them<\/li>\n<li>post  photos and comment on class activities<\/li>\n<li>invite  student comments or postings on issues in order to give them a writing  voice<\/li>\n<li>publish  examples of good student writing done in class<\/li>\n<li>show  case student art, poetry, and creative stories<\/li>\n<li>create  a dynamic teaching site, posting not only class-related information,  but also activities, discussion topics, links to additional information  about topics they are studying in class, and readings to inspire  learning<\/li>\n<li>create  a literature circle<\/li>\n<li>create  an online book club<\/li>\n<li>make  use of the commenting feature to have students publish messages on  topics being used to develop language skills<\/li>\n<li>ask  students to create their own individual course blogs, where they can  post their own ideas, reactions and written work<\/li>\n<li>post  tasks to carry out project-based learning tasks with students<\/li>\n<li>build  a class newsletter, using student-written articles and photos they take<\/li>\n<li>link  your class with another class somewhere else in the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You can encourage your  students (either on your blog using the comments feature or on their own  blogs) to blog\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>their  reactions to thought-provoking questions<\/li>\n<li>their  reactions to photos you post<\/li>\n<li>journal  entries<\/li>\n<li>results  of surveys they carry out as part of a class unit<\/li>\n<li>share  their ideas and opinions about topics discussed in class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can have your  students create their own blogs to\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>learn  how to blog<\/li>\n<li>complete  class writing assignments<\/li>\n<li>create  an ongoing portfolio of samples of their writing<\/li>\n<li>express  their opinions on topics you are studying in class<\/li>\n<li>write  comments, opinions, or questions on daily news items or issues of  interest<\/li>\n<li>discuss  activities they did in class and tell what they think about them (You,  the teacher, can learn a lot this way!)<\/li>\n<li>write  about class topics, using newly-learned vocabulary words and idioms<\/li>\n<li>showcase  their best writing pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You  can also ask your class to create a shared blog to\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>complete  project work in small groups, assigning each group a different task<\/li>\n<li>showcase  products of project-based learning<\/li>\n<li>complete  a WebQuest<\/li>\n<li>Share  ideas you have for using blogs in education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As  a teacher, you might want to use a blog as a reflective journal  to\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reflect  on your teaching experiences<\/li>\n<li>keep  a log of teacher-training experiences<\/li>\n<li>write  a description of a specific teaching unit<\/li>\n<li>describe  what worked for you in the classroom or what didn\u2019t work<\/li>\n<li>provide  some teaching tips for other teachers<\/li>\n<li>write  about something you learned from another teacher<\/li>\n<li>explain  teaching insights you gain from what happens in your  classes<\/li>\n<li>share  ideas for teaching activities or language games to use in the  classroom<\/li>\n<li>provide  some how-to\u2019s on using specific technology in the class,  describing how  you used this technology in your own class<\/li>\n<li>explore  important teaching and learning issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more foundational information, see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/dawncorley\/blogging-in-education\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What&#8217;s a blog?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog ideas &#8212; from Dawn Corley Ideas to incorporate the use of blogs with student learning You can start a class blog with students to\u2026 post class-related information such as calendars, events, homework assignments and other pertinent class information post assignments based on literature readings and have students respond on their own blogs, creating a 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