Blogs in the classroom
- Watch the video below on blogs to get a general understanding of them.
- Now take a look at some examples (you may want to bookmark some of these on Delicious).
- http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/
- http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
- http://blog.kathyschrock.net/
- http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/blogboard/
- Answer the following question in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Name 2 ways that you would use a blog in your classroom?
- http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/
- If you are interested in setting up a blog for your class, I only know of one service that is available on CMS computers. It is called Edublogs. Here is a link to my edublog that I just started. If you do not want to set up a blog today, just bookmark the site for later.
- One of the coolest web applications that I have ever used is called Animoto. Animoto basically takes your pictures and text, sets them to music, and creates an awesome video with cool transitions and effects.
- We are going to make an Animoto video today. First watch my example below.
- I created this video in less than 20 minutes. I simply found pictures on the web and saved them. I then uploaded the pictures to Animoto, added my text, selected a song, and created the video.
- Let's give it a try.