Weblogs are not new, blendededu.com has been blogging since 2002. However, many teachers are just discovering their use in their curriculum such as English, Languages, Art, & Sciences.
If you're ready to try out blogging with your students try WordPress. WordPress.org is an easy way for Instructors to start blogging and let your students try WordPress.com, its FREE.
Weblogging Curriculum Ideas:
- ESL / English: Have students create a blog their writing assignments to document their progress learning English.
- Science: Have students create blogs to document field studies with a blog using flickr for digital images of specimens.
- Art: Have students blog about their studio work, documenting a project's progress and reflecting on their thoughts from conception of the idea through project completion along with digital imagery.
- Spanish: Have students blog about Spanish speaking countries they would like to visit, blogging about the similarities and differences of the people, dialect, and cultural aspects.
Hopefully, these ideas 'spark' blogging ideas you can use in your classroom this year!
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