Slide 1: Taking Your Class Blog Further
Margaret Vass ICT Curriculum Support Officer
Falkirk Council
Education Services
Slide 2: Build An Audience - 1
Track your visitors in Google Earth http://feedjit.com/ •Read blogs •Leave comments
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Slide 3: Building An Audience - 2
http://www.scotedublogs.org.uk/
Connect with other educational bloggers in Scotland
Subscribe to RSS feeds
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Slide 4: Blogging Activity – Mp3 Recorders
•Introductions – My Hobbies •Interviews – parents, class members, community, etc. •Recounts – school trips, lesson revision
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Slide 5: Blogging Activity – Digital Camera
•Photo-a-day project
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Slide 6: Blogging Activity – Video Recorder
•Inexpensive ‘Flip’ video cameras are very easy to use and ‘child-friendly’ •Use free video hosting sites such as Photobucket.com
Slide 7: Blogging Activity – Parent Workshop
Group presentations
Slide 8: Blogging Activity – Topic 1
School Bullying Survey
Slide 9: Blogging Activity – Topic 2
Writing For An Audience
Slide 10: Blogging Activities – Out and About
Our
Community
Slide 11: Curricular Blogs
Set up blogs for different curricular areas
Slide 12: Share a Wiki
http://www.wikispaces.com http://pbwiki.com/
Slide 13: Create Avatars
http://www.weeworld.com/
Slide 14: Free Online Resources - 1
Set up a class Voki account http://www.voki.com/ Create a ‘Meet the Class’ page
Slide 15: Free Online Resources - 2
http://voicethread.com/
Slide 16: Free Online Tools - 3
http://animoto.com/
Slide 17: Free Online Tools - 4
Share Powerpoint presentations online http://www.slideshare.net/
http://www.myplick.com/
