Blog Information FEATURES TO CONSIDER • tool intergration • ease of use • support system • privacy and security functions • messaging accessibility (SMS text) • levels of control Announcements • Use MBs to post information regarding specific classroom activities, assignments, and events. • Use MBs to share informatin among staff members in different district buildings • Use tool for targeted updates to parents, students, athletes, alumni • Use tool to post school board minutes; competition results Academic Support • Use MBs for study groups, tutoring, library support • Use MBs for homework hotline and assistance • Use MBs for information FAQs on school policies, procedures, and safety informatin for students and parents • Use MBs for students who need targeted support (students "at risk", students who are absent) OUTREACH • Use MBs to inform the community of events at the school; sporting events, theatre productions • Use MBs to interact with community partners to improve instructional experiences • Use MBs to connect to local social service agencies that support students and parents • Use MBs for fundraising and scholarships INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES • Enhance class discussions with postings • digital storytelling • enhance cross-cultural experiences • fieldwork notebooks • medium for brainstorming • MBs can provide access to instant news coverage of events as they unfold - election night • MBs teach students appropriate ways to converse online • 140 word digital formative assessments • instant feedback • collaborative research projects through project based channels • enables opprotunities for students to answer queries within brief timeline • follow global trending topics (Haiti) • new version of pen pals • MBs can connect students to soical service agencies to address community concerns USE TECHNOLOGY • Promotes digital user content creation • teaches technology integration through the use of mobile phone, the web, and other apps • teaches students about parameters for "participant web technologies" • teaches students how to use medium for data collection and online polling • teaches students about social media PLURK (goes back & forth in different languages) good for foreign language classes http://www.plurk.com • social journaling with a visual timeline (140 characters) • Can create "cliques" to send information to specific groups and manage audiences • Allows messaging: sharing of images and videos • Allows for keyword searching to locate • Nice built-in feature for posting • Karma - the more one uses Plurk, the more features one gains access to use • Cannot SMS to the timeline • User base is limited which can be problematic for finding resources, lots of vendors • Limited IM messaging Jaiku (good for ART Classes) http://www.jaiku.com • posts limited to 100 characters • "channels" allow you to separate conversation streams and thread comments • Lets you add RSS feeds from your blog or photo site; nice features for uploading images • each post has its own page for comments • limited "IM" restricted to Google (no AIM, Yahoo) • postings are either public or private • looks like Twitter, acts like twitter, but it is more blog-like in terms of design • streaming content is not as timely if there are no responses to postings • mobile phone features are problematic EDMODO http://www.edmodo.com • many "classroom" type features • enables users to create groups and share files, links, embedded videos and images along with alerts, assignments and events. • SMS text; mobile phone app • several resources for teaching tips • new service; not many users = Pownce • limited access to public community (external rather than internal) • does not work well with other MBs • time consuming front end set-up | Just for Fun Photo Manipulation: http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/ http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/home?from_legacy=1 http://sketchup.google.com pictures for learning http://www.pics4learning.com/ free clipart http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/html/clipart/clipart_home.html photo shop like website http://aviary.com/ Brain Boosters:http://school.discoveryeducation.com/brainboosters Mad Libs Official Website: http://www.madlibs.com Madlibs: https://www.madlibs.org |
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