PD Post Game Review

- make an email address

- get comfy posting

- try creating a blog

- post questions on the pd workshop blog, we can all continue to look and share
Hello Team,

To get started you will need an active email (rogers, yahoo, gmail)

As a suggestion try making a new gmail email address

i.e. mrcheney@gmail.com

If you take the next steps and create a class blog you will want to keep your email private and create an email solely for blogging.

Once you are ready check out the first 3 posts and push comment (the bottom of each post) and add your comments

Have you used a blog before?

Blogging PD Agenda

- Intro (3min)

- View and introduce what’s available on the workshop blog (5min)

- Create a post section for questions (5 min)

- Create email addresses for people / browse time / post time (7 min)

- View my class blog highlight the things that I use and give them a few minutes to view my blog (5 min)

- Brainstorm ideas for blogging per division and subject (5min)

- Then begin creating a new blog rest of time

how is it going thus far

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Teacher Blogs

Post a link to your Blog so we can share and find easily.

Do You Have Any Questions?

You can use this section to post questions any time during the blog PD session.

Ideally we can get to it during lunch, but if not I can answer the question later today, and throughout the next few weeks to support your blogging experience.

Ask away:

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Classroom Example

Hey Team,

This is the link to the 7/8 split class blog.  The blog is used to share lessons, display student work, conduct polls, monitor independent reading, collaborate on school fundraisers, homework assignments, stay current with local events, inform students of important due dates, and a variety of other odds and ends that don's fit a particular category.

It is indeed a constant work in progress and ever changing and developing.  So, thoughts and suggestions are always welcome.



7/8 Mr.Cheney's Class Blog

Blogging in the TDSB

Here is some information on blogging in the TDSB.  This link provides pedagogy, examples, and how-to links.

http://tdsbblogging.blogspot.com/2008/09/3-blogs-in-classroom.html

check it out and share anything interesting or any other discoveries.

Ten Reasons to Blog

Check out this video produced by a grade 10 class.

post any comments:

Friday, April 1, 2011

What do you want to learn?

Hello Team,

Please share some thought on what you hope to learn from this workshop.

As well, please share what you hope to achieve with your class in the blogging experience?

As you will learn the blog holds unlimited options to support your teaching practice and pedagogy.  The key is that you can use it to satisfy your needs as a teacher, rather then being obligated to fulfill the desires and needs of others.

What students think of the blog experience:

Hello Team, just a section to browse through and read the words of students and their opinion on the blogging experience.

Students please share your feelings about using the blog in class, at home, and as means of learning.

Thanks