I was walking with my oldest daughter tonight in Kroger and commented that I had a blog after she mentioned reading a blog in class. Without missing a beat she said, “You have a blog?” I responded, “Yes, I have had a blog since 2008.” Needless to say, I spent most of our time in the grocery store talking to her about the things I have written about and why I write. It wasn’t mind-blowing but it was a special moment.
That got me thinking, suppose you are a teacher hoping to start a blog right now to help you manage your digital classroom materials or just looking to write. Here is a little something I put together in 2010 after I started teaching blogging as a writing activity in sophomore English classes. Over time it has morphed from a presentation about the ways to integrate writing into the classroom using the new Web 2.0 frameworks into a collection of resources and best practoces. Now that we are looking at the next generation of digital tech, I figured it would be a good time to reshare before the summer breaks begin.
Building your blog from the ground up can be a long and difficult process. For teachers, it can also mean building a lifelong tool used for years by fellow educators, students, and their families. The idea of social media is not going to leave the classroom; however, it can be leveraged to amplify and focus a teacher’s purpose. Thus, using blogs as a literacy tool is both a proper approach and a long-term commitment to the betterment of students and the educator.
Patchwork To Progress: Blogging in the Digital Classroom (2010)
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