Sharon Hohlfeld
Online Course Module
SLM 521: Summer 2005
Objective:
Research and explore the use of Blogs for the
educational purposes in the classroom (ISTE #II B, C, E #III C)
Objective: Demonstrate knowledge of Blogs to validate on opinion
by posting on blogspot.com
Introduction: What is a Blog? It seems as though this new
vocabulary word has suddenly become the cool thing. A Blog is
an ‘easy-to-use’ website where anyone with a computer can
create a profile containing personal information.
It creates a ‘personal diary’ and gives you the opportunity to
voice your own opinions on topics, collect and
share with others,
interact with others, and share photos.
Activities: Those who are
exposed to the Internet, may have already have created a personal Blog or the
word ‘Blog’ may
be completely foreign to you. In either case doing research on the topic before hand is
important. Below are
some general websites that deal with the introduction of
Blogs as well as parents opinion of youth having free
access to Blog profiles.
Readings:
http://familyinternet.about.com/od/sharingonline/a/kidsblogs.htm
Safety
of blogs-
http://www.bloggersblog.com/teens/
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0525/p11s02-lifp.html
http://www.mchschool.org/parents/techarticles/blogs.pdf
http://www.netfamilynews.org/nl050304.html
Assignments: As
your assignment, you will be responsible for reading through several websites
with information on Blogs in
order to state your opinion on the topic.
It will be your task to decide whether Blogs should be used in
schools for educational purposes. You must include advantages and
disadvantages and will later post them in
a Blog already created for the entire class
to view. You will also be responsible
for posting your own
Blog on a site created for the class from
blogspot.com.
1.
On a word document, state five advantages and five
disadvantages of Blogs. Then write a paragraph stating whether Blogs should be
used in schools for educational purposes. Be sure to include reasons why you
believe they should or shouldn’t to backup your statement.
Submission:
2.Once you have your
paragraph written follow the directions below:
a.
log on to www.blogger.com and log in
with the
username
: mssharonsclass password
: blogging
b.
under Blogs, you will see ‘Class’ and click on ‘new
post’
c.
as the title, write your first and last name
d. copy and paste your
paragraph from the word document and paste it into the subject
e. hit preview and be
sure your blog was posted
*you
can view the class’s blog at http://learningtheinternet.blogspot.com
3.
If you have never seen a blog profile, take some time to navigate around the
site to explore the many options
Rubric: 1 2 3
|
List of 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages |
No research with 3 or less reasons for each |
Little research with 4 or less reasons for each |
Evidence of research and 5 or more reasons for both |
|
Creation of paragraph |
No opinion stated on blogs in schools |
Partial opinion on blogs in schools with viewpoint |
Valid research on topic with information to back
opinion |
|
Posting on blog website |
No posting completed |
Posted without name or incorrect information |
Posted with name as title and copied paragraph |
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