Professional Development
Workshop
Introduction
Activity: What is a blog?
* Access prior knowledge using Socrative
* Socrative is an Instant Response System used to gather data and interact with students online.
* Socrative homepage:
Teachers can create a free account by using their email address.
* A teacher's Socrative homepage looks like this:
Student join a teacher's virtual room by typing in their teacher's room name.
The Room Name is located on the header of a teacher's homepage. Each teacher has a different Room Name. Students will enter this number in the Socrative homepage.
Video: What is a blog?
Blogging in a Nutshell
Hands-on Training
*Task 1: Find Examples of Blogs
* Duration: 15 minuntes
* Surf the web for blogs related to education; for example, type "examples of educational blogs"
on Google.
* Post the URL address of any blogs you find interesting in our TodaysMeet webpage.
To create your own room on TodaysMeet, visit todaysmeet.com. Create a name for your room and include how long you'd like it to remain open. Your room name should not inclue any spaces.
Each TodaysMeet room has a unique URL address. The URL address is located on your TodaysMeet page. Students can visit your webpage to type their comments/discussions.
*Task 2: Create Your Own Blog using Kidblog
* Duration: 45 minuntes
* Visit the Kidblog homepage.
* Create a Teacher account.
* Post your first blog. Your blog should be titled "How Will I Use Blogging in My Class?"
* You will be guided into inserting text, images, and videos in your blog.
* Other blogging platforms include Blogger, Wordpress, & Edublogs.
*Task 3: Create Student Accounts Within Your Blog
* Duration: 15 minuntes
* Login to your Kidblog account.
* You will be guided into creating accounts for students within our Kidblog account.
* Creating student accounts does not involve using a student's email.