Getting a buzz out of blogging

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About. Learning outcomes
Course schedule
Introduction
Introducing ourselves through a blog
Introducing blogs
E-safety when using blogs
Exploring classroom blogs
Finding relevant examples and generating ideas
Planning to use a blog
Setting up and using the blog for teaching and learning
Reflect, evaluate and share with others
Shared learning
Evaluation and certification
References

Pedagogical content. Starting with the basic principles of blogs(tool) and blogging, this primary course looks at their use within education and how they can be used to improve teaching and learning. The focus is particularly on blogs as an ICT(i) tool for collaboration(ta) which encourages the effective use of reasoning(ta) and language(ta). The unit also discusses practical elements such as e-skills(topic) and copyright(topic) issues you might encounter in blogging. (edit)

Resource details
Title Getting a buzz out of blogging
Topic [[Topics/Blogs|Blogs]],  [[Topics/E-skills|E-skills]],  [[Topics/Copyright|Copyright]]
Teaching approach

[[Teaching Approaches/Language|Language]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Collaboration|Collaboration]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]]

Format / structure

Various online activities.

Subject

[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]],  [[Resources/Primary|Primary]]

Age of students / grade

[[Resources/KS5|KS5]],  [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Primary|Primary]],  [[Resources/Higher|Higher]],  [[Resources/KS1|KS1]],  [[Resources/KS4|KS4]],  [[Resources/KS3|KS3]],  [[Resources/KS2|KS2]]


Related ORBIT Wiki Resources
Other (e.g. time frame)

Duration of the course: 20 hours over eight weeks.

Files and resources to view and download

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