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WHAT IS A BLOG?

• Blogs in Plain English

• (n.) Short for web log, a blog is a web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. -Webopedia

WHY SHOULD I USE BLOGS IN MY CLASSROOM?• Develops social and writing skills

• Gives students more confidence

• Practice Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety in a controlled environment

• More engaging than pencil and paper

• Not just student and teacher

• Allows students to revisit and reflect

• Computer -based testing

HOW CAN I START?

• Choose a platform

• Review the basics, blogging etiquette, make sure AUP is on file for student, rules and expectations. Communicate with parents that you are blogging in the classroom

• Review lesson plans and integrate it

• Book Talks

• Respond to reading

• Reflections

• Editing and Revising

• Practice certain writing skills (ex. voice, mechanics)

• Research and report out

• Find Facts

• Describe a photo

• Book recommendations

• Grammar

• Sequence of events

• Making Inferences

• Write a collaborative story

• Role Play

• Report on a field trip

• How-To

• Debate

• Persuade

• Leads and Conclusions

• Current Events

• Write a story

• Poems/Poetry reflection

• Figurative Language

• Retelling

THIS IDEA SOUNDS GREAT BUT GIVE ME SOME WAYS I CAN USE BLOGGING TO STRENGTHEN ELA SKILLS!

I have seen blogging being done at the kindergarten level!

WHAT CAN YOU DO TODAY?

• Find a blogging platform• Consider what you are covering

right now in your class…how can you tie ELA and blogging to it?

• Brainstorm how to introduce concept to class. I can help!