Online Seminar 1: “We have a very big backyard!” Blogging from the classroom to the world
Speaker: Anne Mirtschin - Hawkesdale P12 College
When: Tuesday 15 April - 3.30 to 4.30pm
Where: Online in Elluminate. You can view Anne’s slides above, and listen to the full recording of her session here.
Anne Mirtschin started blogging in 2007 with Our Own Backyard, a place for her Hawkesdale Year 8 students to write, talk and draw about where they lived. Six months after those first steps, all Hawkesdale students from years 4 to 10 have their own blogs and their rural community in Western Victoria has joined a global network of classroom bloggers. Join Anne for this hands-on one hour online seminar to find out more about working with students, teachers and technologies to set up and use classroom blogs.
You can listen to a recording of this session here. If you attended the session, you can evaluate the session here. You can also subscribe to receive information about future events.
More information:
Anne Mirtschin writes:
“I started blogging in July 2007, and then created a blog for our students to tell us about their backyards. I was sole administrator of this one. However, in 2008 all students from years 4-10 have individual blogs.”
This session will illustrate
- how to get started
- working your way around the globalteacher and wordpress platform for blogging
- cyber safety considerations
- establishing social networks through posts
- learning outcomes for students and teachers
- how to get other staff on board
- examples of further educationalists’ blogs
See also:
My blogs at http://murcha.wordpress.com/ and www.murch.globalteacher.org.au, and
posts of potential interest include:
Impact of Web 2.0 on the 2007 classroom
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