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4 Powerful Ways to Implement Class Blogs – From Jennifer Carey

EdTechTeacher

Blogging is a popular activity in classrooms today because it allows students to share their writing with a broader audience and teachers to communicate with parents. How to set up a blog will depend on your platform, and is pretty easy to figure out with all of the “how-to” videos and help center collections. Blogs as ePortfolio.

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It’s Not About Google (Part 4) – SULS047

Shake Up Learning

My favorite method for sharing student work is on a Google Site or a Blogger blog. Blogger is a traditional blogging platform that allows for comment. With a blog post, we can share student work and collect feedback from other students, parents, or experts in the field of study. The Shake Up Learning Book Study.

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Notes from AIMS Teachers Retreat 2016 #AIMSTeach @aimsmddc

techieMusings

Interdisciplinary Ideas for the Social Studies Classroom. Ideas for what to do once you’ve flipped the Social Studies Classroom. Web Tools: Digication – ePortfolio and Assessment Management Systems. Pear Deck Sample Decks. Socratic Example Post. My Flipped Classroom Resources and Tips, from Beginner to Advanced.

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Notes from AIMS Teachers Retreat 2016 #AIMSTeach @aimsmddc

techieMusings

Interdisciplinary Ideas for the Social Studies Classroom. Ideas for what to do once you’ve flipped the Social Studies Classroom. Web Tools: Digication – ePortfolio and Assessment Management Systems. Pear Deck Sample Decks. Socratic Example Post. My Flipped Classroom Resources and Tips, from Beginner to Advanced.

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Make Learning Transparent with Badges

Graphite Blog

Badging recognizes students for specific achievements within a unit or course of study. I can also use this combination of badges and eportfolios to record their ongoing learning and achievement and create a digital record of our dialogue. Badging values the learning process, not just the final product.

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Chrome Can: Podcasting in the Classroom

Dr. Shannon Doak

The teacher could create a podcast about a content area the students are studying. By this, I mean that the podcast creator would create the podcast and send it out to his/her listeners who would consume this content. This is a fantastic way to learn and is one way for teachers to use podcasts in the classroom.

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Make Reading Relevant with Thematic Units

Graphite Blog

Our topics change every two to four weeks, and might be tied to a science or social studies unit, relate to students’ place in the world, or be self-selected. Students share all of their work with me using the Seesaw eportfolio app. For younger kids, themes might be animal life cycles, holiday celebrations, or pets.