Classroom Blogs

Search the sites below for two blogs with educational themes.

You may search for a content area, such as mathematics, or an area of

education such as working with children with autism or innovations in

technology. Search for a blog at one of the following websites:

• http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs
• http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/blogs/index.html
• http://www.bloggeries.com/education_blogs/

Answer the following questions each about the 2 blogs you found. (YOU MUST FIND TWO BLOGS AND WRITE ABOUT BOTH BLOGGERS AND WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM THEIR SITES) Cite the source for the blogs in APA style.

1. Answer the following questions about the blogs you found.Cite the source for the blogs in APA style.

• a. What are the qualifications or credentials of the blogger?
• b. What are three things you learned from the blog?
• c. How would you use the blogs with your students in the classroom
  to communicate information about the subject you are teaching? (Give
  some specific examples).
• d. How would you use blogs with ELL and ESE students?

2. Give some specific examples of how you would use blogs to
communicate with your students and parents. (300 words for this part)

3. Create your own blog at www.edublogs.org related to the subject
you plan to teach. Sign up for free on their website. Post a 150-word
minimum entry to your students (hypothetically of course). After posting
your blog, copy and paste your post and include it in your Word
document along with the blog link and your answers for the above
questions.

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