Blogging Examples in Education

Roundup of Examples as of May 2008Compiled by Suzie Vesper

This is designed to show ideas rather than the ‘how to’. For tutorials on some of these tools try:

http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com

Online Tools - BlogsFor celebrating student

achievement

Publishing Writing and Giving Feedback(written and oral)

http://room23writing.blogspot.com/2008/04/oter.html

http://tamakips.blogspot.com/Blogging Advice Wiki

Be a Safe and Responsible Blogger

Online Tools - BlogsSharing from the Classroom

http://area4randwickschool.blogspot.com/2008/04/student-of-week-emma.html

Student of the Week Teach a Language

http://tamakitoday.blogspot.com/2008/04/samoan-lesson-2.html

Online Tools - BlogsFor recounts from trips and

events

Japanese Visitor

http://room1maungaraki.blogspot.com/2008/04/learning-japanese.html

http://kingsroad.learningspaces.net/node/399#comments

Note the way comments allowed forteacher/child interaction

Gardening Recount

Online Tools - BlogsSharing Learning Intentions and

Outcomes

Use of Digital Camera

http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blog_id=582215&mode=comment&blogger_id=162000

http://woodlandrm3.blogspot.com/2006/04/learning-log-for-april.html

Mrs Wagner’s Class

A teacher reflects on the power of blogging in his classroom

Online Tools - BlogsChildren as authors

Learning Logs

http://rm23learninglog.blogspot.com/2008/05/great-start-to-term-two.html

http://mreamesblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/ideas-and-opinion_03.html

Feeding in ideas on a Topic

Online Tools - BlogsFor Reflection

http://areallydifferentplace.org/node/922#commenthttp://room9reflects.blogspot.com/

Writing with CommentReflection

Posts that Reflecton Learning

Great blog post on encouraging reflection

Online Tools - BlogsFor Reflection

http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com

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Teacher and StudentReflection

http://annesmith9h.blogspot.com/2006/09/act-2-questions-continued.html

Analyse a Text

Online Tools - BlogsFor Keeping the Community

Informed

Principal Updates

http://birdseyeblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/care.html http://tamakitoday.blogspot.com/2008/04/girls-rugby-at-tamaki-intermediate-in.html

Sports Team Notices

Online Tools - BlogsDialogue Through Comments

Advice to Student

http://itc.blogs.com/patrick/2005/02/5th_grade.html#comments http://kingsroad.learningspaces.n

et/homework/year4/maths/fractions

Maths Homework

Online Tools - BlogsTeacher Professional

Development

Blog4Educators

http://blog4educators.blogspot.com/2007/12/week-one-personal-reflections.html

EdTech Mag

http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/november-december-2006/blog-rules.html

An online blogging course you can work through