How Have Others Used Blogs?

Activity 2: Pair-and-Share

• Process:
  • Step 1 - In pairs, examine a set of about 5 blogs or blog posts
  • Step 2 - Pick 1 or 2 to describe for the rest of the group (you can draft in Word, Pages, TextEdit, etc)
  • Step 3 - Add a comment to annotate the blog or blog post
  • Step 4 - In groups of 4, revisit the affordances/constraints chart mentioned earlier
• Annotated List of example blogs
  • Teacher Tool Possibilities:
    • Homework -  Mr. Hobley's Blog
    • Class/School Blog - Small World  & Meriwether Lewis Elementary
    • Professional Ideas, Resources & Reflection - Langwitches Blog
    • Professional Development - Ignite PD 
  • Student Tool
    • Class Blogs
      • The Hobloggers Network (elementary school)
      • Diary of a Public School Teacher (elementary school)
      • Making it as a Middle School Teacher (middle school)
      • Sigma Team (middle school)
      • Teacher Tom (high school)
      • NYC School Help (high school)
    • Class Notes 
    • Math Class 
    • English Class
    • History/Social Studies Class
    • Science Class
    • Foreign Language Class
    • Art Class
    • Current Events
    • NY Times
    • Edutopia
    • Personal Journal
    • Your Mama's Mad Tedious
    • Apples Chalk Dust
    • Student Blog
      • Emily’s Blog
      • Haley’s Life
  • Or, check out
    • Student Led Blogging