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Getting Ready to Podcast

The next Technology Inservice will be coming soon. Consensus is that podcasting should be covered in more detail, so that is the plan. Tia did a great job with the morning prompts and graciously recorded her Write What You Know prompt so that I could use it as a sample. Enjoy!
Write What [...]

Why Classroom Blogs are Good…

Benefits

Students are already blogging (and love it).
Students who lack reading and writing skills probably also lack the motivation to practice reading and writing. They will, however, read and write with their friends on chats and social online sites.
Students love to see their words published on the web.
Students who blog can engage in meaningful writing [...]

What Does a Google of Your Name Uncover?

If your students or their parents google you, will they find you on the web? Will you be pleased with what they find? Google can be your best friend or… I asked because I know our students don’t think about the power of what they write/post on the web. If they [...]

Why Do Teachers’s Blog?

Welcome fellow educators! Blogging is ubiquitous, but is it necessary? Will adding another technology based thing into your teacher life add or detract from your service to your students? The following list shows how some of our peers blog.

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http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/wordpress/
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/
http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/
http://www.teach42.com/
http://borderland.northernattitude.org/
http://hickstro.org/
http://thereflectiveteacher.wordpress.com/
http://rpassman.wordpress.com/
http://secondaryworlds.com/
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/
http://www.teachertube.com/

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