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Mr. Peters Technology Education

__ Using blogs to integrate technology in the classroom __ A blog is a website that gives authors the ability to quickly publish text, artwork, and links for the world to see. One large benefit is they are able to be worked on anywhere, any time there is internet access. In this article, the author describes how blogs can be great networking tool for student to student, student to teacher, and student to the world. Example: conferencing with business. Creating student portfolios, which are published to the world will motivate student to become better writers.

The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom by David Huffaker David Huffaker writes how a blog can be used to promote liticercy in the classroom. Since a blog is multidisciplinary, it is so versatile and practical in every class. It will allow students to interact with each other and reflect in a way that could allow topics to become more meaningful to the student.

[|Ideas: Using Blogs in the Classroom] This website gives ideas for the studnet and the teacher of what they can use a blog for. Student- journals, Student portfolios, class archives, school newspaper, Science experiment notebook Teacher- Posting of assignments, discussion box or suggestion box, communication window for parents, colleague collaboration

[|Moderating and Ethincs for the Classroom Instructional Blogging] 1. Guidelines- create a minimum number of words. Suggested 1 to 2 paragraphs. Include references to topics in your posts 2. Provide html support- Teach basic HTML code to create new paragraphs, links, etc. (Depends on blogging service) 3. Give Priority to Student commentary- Wait to post. Teacher posts have a way of bringing a discussion to a close, hint- pose a new question at the end of your post. 4. Involve students in summarizing and moderating discussions. Have students post internally and to at least two other posts. This will get students to communicate with each other. [|Smart Blogging]
 * The Golden Rule** Treat others as you wish to be treated online and in daily life. Be careful what you say about yourself and others on your blog. Even if you’re not giving the address out, it’s still possible for your friends, peers, teachers, or school counselors to find your site and read it. It’s good to express yourself, but be sure that what you’re writing is not disrespectful, hurtful, or bullying in any way.