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Guest Post by Kathleen McGeady: Teaching Commenting Skills

It’s my great pleasure to introduce our guest blogger, Kathleen McGeady, who provides important advice on teaching commenting skills (regardless of the age of your students).
About our Guest Blogger
Kathleen McGeady is in the seventh year of her career and in that short time her approach to teaching has changed greatly.
The opportunity to take Teacher Professional [...]

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Week 5 – Add Students To Your Class Blog So They Can Write Posts

Each week for six weeks we’re giving you a new task, with how-to info, to help you with your class blogging.
Here’s the previous tasks:

Week 1 – Create A Class Blog
Week 2:  Set Up Your Blogging Rules and Guidelines
Week 3 – Add A Visitor Tracking Widget To Your Blog Sidebar
Week 4 – Add your student blogs [...]

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Week 2: Set Up Your Blogging Rules and Guidelines

Each week for the next six weeks we’re giving you a new task, with how-to info, to help you with your class blogging.
This week’s task is to set up blogging rules and guidelines on your class blog.
Why Have Blogging Rules and Guidelines?
An important part of using an online tool with your students is educating them [...]

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Week 1 – Create A Class Blog

The next Student Blogging Challenge starts in March and this time we’ve decided there are tasks that need to be done BEFORE your class actually takes part in the challenge.
So each week for the next six weeks we will give you a new task, with how-to info, to help you with your class blogging.
This week’s [...]

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Our Class Blog List Has Been Updated — Is Your Class Blog on The List?

A New Year means time to update the Check out Class Blogs list which has been growing since November, 2008.
About the Class Blog list
It now contains over 200 class blogs, sorted into different categories based on age, subject area and type of blog.
The list was set up so educators can check out different types of [...]

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Quick Start Tips For Student Blogging Part I: Setting Up Your Class Blog

I’m often asked questions like this ‘Hi Sue, HELP!  I want to start blogging with my students but have no idea where to start or how to make it fun!’
Here’s what I say:
A class blog is always a good starting point.  This gives you to time to increase your skills while gradually introducing [...]

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Using Scribe Posts on Class Blogs

Common question asked is “It’s easy to understand how English or social studies teachers use blogs with students. But how would you use blogs for maths, science, art ….?”
Finding Blogging Ideas
Checking the class blog list, categorized by year and subject area, is a good starting point. These two posts also help:

Check Out These [...]

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Check Out These Cool Ideas From Class blogs!

Love showcasing what’s happening on different blogs (especially student and class) and I know The Edublogger’s readers like checking them for ideas.
So here’s some of the cool and creative stuff I saw while updating the class blogs page:

Ms Michetti has been encouraging her students to expand their blog’s community and audience by connecting with student [...]

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Looking for Ideas? Check Out Our Class Blog List!

Have you checked out the Check Out Class Blogs and Skype Other Classrooms! pages on this blog?
We now have over 150 different types of class blogs on the Check Out Class Blogs page and contact details for over 35 educators interested in connecting with other classrooms on the Skype Other Classrooms! page!
Here’s a few cool [...]

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Check Out Our Class Blog List!

Looking for ideas for your class blog? Or wanting to connect with classes in other countries?
The good news is we now have a Check Out These Class blogs page on The Edublogger thanks to everyone who shared their class blog URLs. I’ve sort class blogs based on Grade/Year/Age of students and subject [...]

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