How to use Edublogs effectively in your classroom.

1. Edublogs For Educators
How to use Edublogs effectively in your classroom

2. What is a blog?
• Web log or web diary
• Organized by posts
• Chronological order
• Comments per post

3. What is Edublogs?
• Education blogging platform
• Managed by school
• Privacy is protected (optional public blogs)

4. How To
• Write a post
• Add media
• Import a blog
• Export a blog
• Add pages
• Collaborate

5. The Good
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Feedback
• Self reflection
• Optional parental involvement
• Take away!

6. The Bad
• Another tool
• Not effective for course management
• Set structure

7. Examples
• www.blogs.mis-munich.de/learningtechnologyteam
• www.misternorris.com
• www.kimcofino.com/blog
• www.blogs.yis.ac.jp/pagez

8. Discussion
• Current use?
• Best use?
• Why should teachers blog?
• Why should student blog?