Blog posts and e portfolios
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This document provides information about using blogs, blog reflections, and ePortfolios for educational purposes. It discusses using blogs to update students on assignments and events, and to encourage collaboration. It recommends having students post short summaries or reflections on readings in their blogs. ePortfolios allow students to showcase coursework, goals, skills, and plans. Weebly is presented as a easy-to-use website creation tool for creating classroom websites, ePortfolios, and project sites without requiring HTML skills. Sample pages, navigational tabs, and how to set up pages are displayed. The benefits of Weebly for education are listed, and links are provided for accounts and resources.
Blog posts and e portfolios
- 1. Blog Posts
- 2. • to make regular updates about assignments, events, and anything going on in class • To engage students in their learning and extend collaboration with classmates and even people all over the world
- 6. Blog Reflections *Students can be required to post a short (a few sentences or a short paragraph) synopsis of each reading in the student’s blog. Students can be requested to create • a short dialog between the authors of each week’s texts • list ways in which the subject of the texts could affect the student’s life or society • reflect on the implications of the texts for life online in the future • answer their own key questions from their own perspective
- 9. ePortfolios
- 12. Sample pages • • • • • • • • • • Awards/Scholarships Coursework Digital stories Description of community activities Goals Links to relevant websites Plans for career development Resume Videos Special skills / knowledge, technical skills, etc.
- 17. Decide what pages you want included I use this as a template for my class. I show them this picture so that they know how to set-up their ePortfolio pages.
- 18. New individual and collaborative skills are emerging.
- 19. Weebly for Education is Perfect for You and Your Students • Use it for creating classroom websites, student e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects. • Their drag & drop website editor is simple to use, and appropriate for use with students of all ages. • Weebly enables your students to express themselves creatively using a variety of multimedia features, all within a protected environment that you control. • No HTML or technical skills required! • Weebly was named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites of the year.
- 20. Weebly is easy to manipulate Add / Edit text Change text fonts Create links Add PDFs and other documents Alter page layouts with multiple columns • Upload Images – create a gallery • Create a slideshow • • • • •
- 21. VIP links Referral code to use for 10 extra student accounts • http://bit.ly/MsBWeebly - go here to create your account Weebly's resources • http://www.weebly.com/features.php My Weebly sites • My ePortfolios - http://MsBisOnline.weebly.com • My sample student site http://SampleEngSite.weebly.com
- 26. Contact me if you need me I am an English Language Arts teacher from New Orleans, Louisiana who looks for all opportunities to integrate technology into my classroom. I blog. http://2blog2share2learn.edublogs.org/ I tweet. http://twitter.com/MsBisOnline I share. http://msbisonline.weebly.com/ Need to contact me? [email protected] or [email protected] (504) 298-9764 about.me/VRBurton – myself about.me/BurtonsScholars – my class
- 27. Any Questions ? ? ?