Tuesday, June 3, 2014

First Reflections!

First blog post, here we come!  Unfortunately I am at home in Catonsville writing this because blogger is blocked in Howard County Schools.  This is definitely something that was immediately concerning as I was thinking about having my students set up their own blogs next year.  Blogging brainstorming so far for me has been a weekly current events assignment blog students would be responsible for, as well as a weekly or biweekly discussion question based on what we are learning in the class.  As a Social Studies teacher, current events has been hard to incorporate within regular class instruction, so I feel that blogging would be a great opportunity to work this in.  Hopefully with the new emphasis on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and social media, the County will open up more opportunities for students to use blogs. Also, I am hoping to be able to link my student/teacher blog to my Google Site so I can have everything in one place.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?  It would also be nice to find out if their is a function within Google Sites that could make some pages private and other public, as I would not want student blog posts to be public to the entire web.  Any suggestions? Until next time!
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  1. UnknownJune 7, 2014 at 6:10 AM

    Bobby,

    I have no suggestions to your problems. The simplest thing I can come up with is adding your link to the blog to your website. You also have the option to add an RSS feed to your page. I am still not sure how the RSS feed thing works completely but it might be something worth looking into.

    I wonder why blogger has been blocked. Could you write a letter with a petition asking to reconsider opening it up. You could list how you plan on using it in the classroom and maybe include how other students in our grad class plan on using theirs. I am a bit shocked that it is blocked. Using blogger to include current events sounds like the perfect tool.

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  2. Jared KavlockJune 8, 2014 at 1:16 PM

    The Link List gadget (which can be added under Layout when designing your blog) might be the best way to include a dedicated link to your Google Site.

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