KidBlog App

The following image was created to review the features within the KidBlog app.  I have the embedded Scribd window below with a link the PDF if wanted, but I also have the image of below the Scribd window.  I am sharing this along with the slides from my session on KidBlog.

Kidblog App

KidBlog Session Slides

Like a Tarantino movie, I am starting with the end of my slideshow with the above image.  The rest of my slides from my KidBlog session held after school this last week are listed below.  Some of the slides had links to various resources and I told everyone that they could find these links here. Locate these links within the embedded SlideShare player, which is immediately below this paragraph.  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please respond in the comment section below.

Marketing EdTech: Blogging

This is a session for my school district, but I wanted to share the design I made using Pages '09.  In my household, I hear Jake and the Neverland Pirates throughout the day, and I was on a pirate kick.  The result was a pirate theme.  I was thinking of the map to the treasure--to enhance and transform learning with educational technologies.  I am hoping all of the sessions I have this year will slowly answer my driving question within my header, which I have to modify to include creation.  

After sending this poster out to the teachers as PDF.  I plan on also sending Smore flyer just to play with another web-based tool.   The Smore flyer is embedded below the Blogger Session Poster. 

Blogger Session Poster

Smore Flyer

 

Kidblogs - Connecting with Classrooms

Because Kidblogs is password protected gated community for blogging, teachers need to go into their settings and allow other classrooms to read posts and to write comments.  To promote connections over networks and global-scale projects, blogging provides an easy platform for teachers and students to engage in 21st Century communication skills.   Many of the teachers within my district are using Kidblogs to connect with classrooms for the Global Read Aloud.  But, they are also connecting across the district and between grade levels.

Here is a how-to on connecting with other classrooms through Kidblogs.



After setting up your connections within the control panel.  Your students will be able to view the other classrooms blog through the Blogroll links displayed below.  If the procedures were followed within the above video by both teachers, students should be able to view the other classrooms' posts and make comments on them.