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Are You Clueless?: Using Social Media in the Classroom
Instructional Delivery CommitteeCollege of Mount St. Joseph
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Are You Clueless?
Blogging in the classroom - WordPress
– Bodle, R. (2011). Social learning with social media. In C. Wankel (Ed.) Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Group.
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Blogging in the classroom
What ?
Why ?
– With examples
How ?
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What ? Web + log = blog
Form of self publishing
Individual and collective
Multimedia (text, video, image, link)
Post in reverse chronological order
A shared venue for collaborative learning
An open learning management system
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Why ?
visibly engaging platform
expressive forms of communication
participation and social interaction
community building
social learning
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Examples:
Combine critical reflection with visual texts
Visual communication (click through link)
New Media and Society (click through link)
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How ?: getting a blog
Go to the website http://wordpress.com
Click on the orange button “Sign up now”
Fill out form (user name, password, email address)
– Check box “Legal Flotsam”
– Check box “Gimme a blog!”
Click “Next”
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How ? (part 2)
Choose blog domain name
– e.g.,reallycoolclass.wordpress.com
Choose blog title
– e.g., reallycoolclass
Click “Sign Up”
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How ? (part 2)
Choose a blog domain name
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Go to email address to activate blog
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How ? (part 2 cont.)
Go to worpress.com
Sign in (with user name and password)
You'll see this drop down menu – click “my blog”
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Ta da!
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How ? (part 3) create content
Add a new post (you can also edit first post)
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How ? (part 4) invite students
Go to dashboard
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How ? (part 4) invite students
User>Invites
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How ? (part 4 cont)
Invite all your students!
Select “add user as contributor” (later change role to editor)