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Starting and sustaining a Blog for global understanding http://bit.ly/1i9Wn71
Starting and sustaining a
Blog for global understanding
http://bit.ly/1i9Wn71
What is a blog?
Why blog for global connectedness?
•A readily available, accessible online site•Provides an understanding of your country, culture, ideals, experiences, learning in the classroom etc•Enables ongoing conversations through comments•Provides a rich learning space
Walking through a blog
Class blog
How to add a post
Skype linkup with year 6 Lana from Boston who taught Australian students how to create sprites in Scratch
Kailyn’s post
From a post by Beatriz (grade 4)
Learning about scratch with Lanna was great I reckon it was magical the way she showed us the snow outside it was the first time I ever saw snow. I asked a lot of questions I was very interested in what we were learning for example……
how long have you been using scratch? she had been using it for 3 years which means she has a lot of experience with scratch.
Embed google maps with pins to track connections
Comments
Keep the conversations going!
Global comments for conversations
Pages – About Me or Us
•General information•No personal details•Strong profile•Handshake
Know how to add…….
Clocklink
<script src="http://www.clocklink.com/embed.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">obj=new Object;obj.clockfile="5003-orange.swf";obj.TimeZone="AEST"; obj.width=192;obj.height=16;obj.wmode="transparent";obj.DateFormat="yyyy / mm / dd DDD";obj.TimeFormat="hh:mm:ss TT";showClock(obj);</script>
Embed code
A weather widget
Translate widgets
Other widgets for global connections
To add powerpoint presentations
• Upload to slideshare• Grab the code, add to a post!
Tags
Links
http://antoineta.wordpress.com
Learn to Translate
Some sample blogs• Mrs Linda Yollis• Dorothy’s Professional Blog • Louise Morgan mrsmorganstarslog• Anne Mirtschin: teacher blog, class teaching blog• The edublogs awards• Kathy Cassidy blog
Student blogs• Tayla• Georgia
Resources
•student blogging challenge•teacher blogging challenge•edublogs awards•theedublogger
Adding a post to http://flatconnections.org
Consider…..•Mobile apps•Choosing a theme that suits mobile reading• Joining a quadblogging group•Taking part in the student blogging challenge•Some countries may block blogging sites
Tips•Post regularly•Read other blogs•Comment on others’ blog posts•Share new posts on social media eg twitter, facebook etc•Let your blog take direction over time
eFind Me
[email protected]: http:www.twitter.com/murchaMy blog: http://murcha.wordpress.comClass blog: http://murch.global2.vic.edu.auTech Talk Tuesdays: http://techtalktuesdays.global2.vic.edu.au
