Blogs

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What is a blog?
A blog, or weblog, is effectively an online digital journal. Watch this three minute video: [|'Blogs in Plain English'].

How can I use a blog in my classroom?

 * Create a school/class blog to replace newsletters - keep parents informed and include images, audio, links etc
 * Post learning materials and resources online for your students to access from school or from home [[image:http://edublogs.org/wp-content/themes/edublogs-v2-new/images/fun.gif align="right"]]
 * Host online discussions - readers can reply to any post on the blog and you can moderate all comments before they are published
 * Students upload their work with self-reflections to their blog and create an online digital portfolio, which allows feedback from peers, teachers, parents and the wider community
 * Get your students blogging 'in character' to demonstrate their understandings in any subject area
 * Share your resources online with other teachers - create a team blog to assist you in planning units

Where can I see some examples?

 * [|Room 20's Blog] [|Lalor Nth SC Maths] - Class blog
 * [|Emily L BPS] - Student blog
 * Check out the blog [|'10 ways to use your edublog to teach'] & [|10 ways to use edublogs campus]
 * A few examples from Roxburgh Homestead Primary [|Trevor and Irwins Blog], [|6Clare], [|Grade 5]
 * Another primary example of a [|classroom blog]
 * Hawkesdale P12 College....http://hawkesdale.globalstudent.org.au/ ....It is their school newsletter/home school communication tool/class manage tool etc................and made in Global Teacher for Free!

How can I get started?

 * [[image:http://www.dailywriting.net/Global-Teacher.gif align="center"]] || Global Teacher is a blog community created for Victorian government schools, and is a clone of Edublogs.
 * To register, contact Heather Blakey to receive an invitation.
 * [|Global Teacher] Create class accounts for blogging
 * [[file:Creating a class blog.docx]]. A classroom teacher's guide on how to set up a class blog using GlobalTeacher ||

[|Tumblr]. This “micro-blogging” site is a great place for students to easily post a whole lot of their work. Students can have individual or group “Tumblrs.” A student can also share their password with a small number of students who can leave comments.

Check out [|Utterli] ........ Utterli lets you share text, pics, video and audio with your friends, even from your mobile phone. You can set up Utterli so it automatically cross-posts to your blog. Heather Bailie from MPSC has written about using Utterli [|here]