Class Activities for Tuesday September 1

Today I will talk about the use of social media in society and school. This will provide us with a framework for understanding why using social media like blogs should be an integral part of your teaching practices. We will explore some of he features of Blogger that can help you address parent concerns about use of social media in schools. You will have an opportunity to find lesson plans that incorporate blogging activities and then post your own blog about how implementing these kinds of activities will provide evidence that you can meet the NETS-T when you become a classroom teacher.

1. Read The Joy of Blogging:
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/The_Joy_of_Blogging.aspx

Explore the examples of blogging activities on this web site. http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/index.htm

Read the NETS-T:
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

Make a blog posting that describes how the blog was being used to support teaching and learning. Name two performance indicators from the NETS-T that you would meet if you were to use a blog in your future classroom. Please provide a link to the blog you chose to write about.

The blog posting is due Wednesday September 2 by midnight.

2. Enter your name and blog url into the "Blog Address" form on my blog.

3. Link to your classmates blogs:
a. A list of your classmates blogs is on my profile page
b. Go to their blogs and click on the "follow" button.

4. Type your name into the Boggers Contract form on my page.