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Day 03 - Student Centered Lessons and Blogs

Discuss Voice Thread pages from yesterday. How participation grades are calculated.

Using Internet sites
 * Reading Level
 * [|Time for Kids (elementary)]
 * [|Time (secondary)]

Structuring lessons - one approach
 * [|Choice board (elementary)>]
 * [|Choice board (secondary)]

media type="custom" key="4102375" Blogs in Plain English

Examining Blogs A blog is a web space that readers can comment on. They are becoming more and more popular. Before you make your own blog, we will spend time reading other people’s blogs, gathering ideas as to what makes a good and not so good blog space.
 * Here are some links to help you locate a few blogs to peruse (or Ch 2 or p. 54):
 * [|Weblogg-ed] - this is Will Richardson's blog
 * [|Web 2.0 in the Classroom] (a post with some blog suggestions)
 * [] (use search or highest rated)
 * [] (use search on right or browse on left)
 * [] (google blog search)


 * Follow your interests and read (15 min).
 * Identify two blogs to share with your 6 oc partner:
 * One should be educational – something that you could use in the classroom
 * One should be of personal interest to you – it may or may not be suitable for the classroom.
 * In your small group, you will show each other both sites, explaining why you chose them. Be sure to look at them with a critical eye and be able to explain what is good and not so good about them.
 * Decide on one blog link to put on a page in your wiki, be sure to tell why you like it.
 * Add a link to your wiki page in the table below.. (Remember to refresh the wiki page before you edit and to wait if someone else is editing.)


 * --- Blog Recommendations - ||  ||   ||
 * Rob ||  || Christine || Carol || Nikki || Tom ||   || Jen || Mona || Alicia ||
 * Kate ||  || LaShanda || George || Rodney || Aaron ||   || Omeka || Melanie ||   ||


 * What makes a good blog posting || a good comment? p. 29-31 ||
 * * Inserted links in post
 * General links
 * Length matters (more of a paragraph or two)
 * Images, video, etc.
 * || * appropriate language
 * respectful
 * different view
 * examples
 * use "" from original

Create a blog for this class:
 * Go to Blogger: [] and sign up for a free blog.
 * Explore: Settings (Basic, Comments, Permissions)
 * Explore: Layout (Gadgets)
 * Add a Text gadget to the sidebar of your blog explaining how you will use this blog
 * Your first post is due on Day 4 - Tuesday, June 23 . In it you should introduce your definition and thoughts about the Read/Write Web. More detail is available from the Assignments section in [|Sakai.]

Assignments:
 * Read: Ch. 5 RSS
 * First blog post