Preparation
Consider the five blogs that we looked at on Nov. 16. How might you use a blog in your own classroom — which parts of these blogs might you use, and what would you change to better meet the needs of your students? Please be concise! Write your thoughts as a comment on the blog post here.
Also: Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
Links
- WordPress.com’s From Zero to Hero introductory tutorial
- Seth’s links on Fair Use and Copyright
- A simple explanation of FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) on Wikipedia
- Discovery Channel video on digital footprints
- A sample Blogging Rubric
For Future Reference
Compass Design has a tutorial on Creating a Blog Site with Joomla — Joomla is the CMS (Content Management System) that Hillel’s web site is built with. Chevi Rimler tells me that blogs are set up, but not yet enabled (so the Compass Design tutorial is probably moot).