Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog
What is a Blog? (handout from presentation)
10 ways to use your edublog to teach
Student emails…no problem…never fear as Gmail is here! Simply set up a Gmail account, for example james.edublogs@gmail.com and then add a + sign and a number and/or letter to the end of your email name. For example: james.edublogs+1@gmail.com, james.edublogs+2@gmail.com etc. Or: james.edublogs+johndoe@gmail.com, james.edublogs+sallanne@gmail.com etc. This way Edublogs will think that each email is a new one, and all email usernames and password will go easily to the one gmail account that you manage.
Article from eSchool News – Blogging helps encourage teen writing
An op-ed from a Duke University Writing Teacher – A New Type of University Writing Course
Tips for using blogs with Students http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/tips-on-blogging-with-students/
Let Them Blog! - Using Weblogs to Advance Literacy in the K-12 Classroom. David A. Huffaker, Media, Technology and Society, Northwestern University
http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/03/a_problem_with_blogs.php - A Problem with Blogs
Blogging and RSS — The “What’s It?” and “How To” of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators
Will Richardson, Information Today 2004
Discusses the ways teachers and schools are starting to experiment with weblogging technology for a large range of educational purposes.
Blogs as electronic learning journals
Laurie Armstrong, Dr Marsha Berry and Reece Lamshed, School of Art, Design and Communication RMIT University
Recent research conducted at the RMIT in the Faculty of Art, Design and Communication has explored the range of potential applications of blogging technology in education and training for student communication, learning content delivery, student mentoring, professional development, collaboration and knowledge management.
Content Delivery in the ‘Blogosphere’
Dr Richard E. Ferdig and Kaye D. Trammell, University of Florida, T.H.E Journal Online, 2004
Looks at the pedagogy behind blogs, gives practical suggestions for using blogs and discusses benefits of student blogging.
Educational Blogging
Stephen Downes, Educause Review, 2004
Discusses the ‘trend that is sweeping the world of online learning: the use of weblogs to support learning. ‘
Instructional Blogging: Promoting Interactivity, Student-Centered Learning, and Peer Input
Stuart Glogoff, Innovate, 2005
Outlines the ways in which blogs can enable receptive learning, directive learning, and guided discovery, as well as build community, promote interactivity, and increase student comprehension.
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February 7th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I think silent lunch is a bad idea because students need to communicate to each other to make school fun. They need to have some freedom, so they don’t say false comments to their mother or father and say, “I can’t go to school today because …”. If they don’t get their energy out, they’ll talk in class.
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September 11th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Dear Mr Mundorf,
EB invited me to check out your blog. We enjoyed playing the states game. I will return. EB’s dad
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September 21st, 2008 at 10:51 am
I would tell the teacher that the kid was not helping and that my team need her/him to help.
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October 14th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
The Civil War movie was about which states had slavery and which did not. It talked about lots of facts about the war, where it began, who led each side and how it ended.
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October 14th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
The Branches of the Government movie was about the three branches of the government – Legislative, Judicial, and Executive. The movie taught how each branch ensures that no one branch of government has too much power.
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October 14th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
The Political Beliefs movie was about our Politial Party system – Democrats and Republicans. It taught me that you should join the party whose beliefs are the closest to your own beliefs.
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October 14th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
The Political Parties movie taught me more about the Democratic (donkey) and Republican (elephant) parties. There are many minor political parties in the United States like the Libertarian Party and the Green Party. The two major parties are the Democrats and the Republicans.
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October 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
The Political Parties Origins movie taught me about the founders of our political parties that we have today. Thomas Jefferson was small town farmer and started the Democrat-Republican party. Alexander Hamilton was a big city banker and started the Federalist party.
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October 14th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
The Presidental Election movie taught me that you have to be 35 years old and born in the US to be President of the US. You do not have to be wealthy but you have to raise alot of money for your campaign if you want to win. To become President of the US you must have 270 electoral college votes.
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October 14th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
The Democracy movie taught me about ancient Greece and the different types of democracies. In Greece, the voting was done by the people themselves. In Rome, the people elected representatives to vote for them like we do in the US.
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October 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
The Presidental Power movie taught me more about what the President of the US does all day. He mostly decides on policies. He does have a Cabinet that helps him make the decisions. The President can do alot of things but he cannot declare war, only Congress can.
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October 14th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Primaries and Caucuses are very confusing! They both elect delegates who vote for our president for us.
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October 14th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
The Voting movie was about the rules for voting in the US. One rule is that you have to be 18 years old. You must also be a citizen of the US and not committed a crime. When you vote you do not have to let anyone else know who you voted for.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Dear Mr.Mundorf, If you can, check out twitter.com, it is another bloging site… ITS AWESOME, but you have to make an account. so if you can mr. fundorf, tell about this in 1st 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th period. BYE!!!!!!
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