Reaper Health: October 2010

The idea for this presentation is to present information that teachers can use to improve the use of technology in their classrooms.

Blogs are basically an easy to update website that anyone can use with basic computer knowledge. If you can type and turn your computer on you can run your own blog.

Why am I teaching this?
1. I am a huge technology geek and I am always looking for new ideas!
2. I have a Masters Degree in Educational Technology
3. I have 3 Blogs including this one.
- Somonauk Blue Room Blog is a blog that I used for my weight training class while at Somonauk. Students still use it to this day to find workout ideas. Also presented this Idea at Western Illinois University when I was asked to be a guest teacher for a day.
- Basketballdrillzone is a blog that I have been updating since June. I currently have over 4000 hits from over a dozen Countries.

Main Points
1. This is a quick presentation designed to promote teachers to look into using blogs while teaching and as a resource outside of the classroom.
- This could easily be a 2 week class on how to use all of the tools I am going to show you.
- For the most part I only use tools available through google and they are all very easy to use.
- I would be more than happy to help anyone create their own blog.

BLOGS IN THE CLASSROOM

The basic use of my blog in the classroom is to link myself and students to information we are using in class. I do not teach the material by typing it out on the blog. Instead I link documents and presentations so that students can click on them and have all of our classroom notes at their fingertips.

Bloger is a free tool for your classroom
- www.blogger.com My favorite blog tool. Very easy to use
- There are other blog hosts available such as wordpress

What you can use your blog for
1. Provide students with a link to classroom notes
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BwqrMVW-zcs6Y2YxMmU2NjUtZjYyMi00OTU2LTg3NzktMmNhY2VhZWY5ZDZl&hl=en&authkey=CKmq1HQ

2. Publish practice quiz's, study guides, worksheets, or any document you want kids to access.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BwqrMVW-zcs6MmNkYjU4MzQtMmNiZC00NzYxLThjMDgtYzMxOWMwYTEyYzI4&hl=en&authkey=CL7z7eMG

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BwqrMVW-zcs6MmNkYjU4MzQtMmNiZC00NzYxLThjMDgtYzMxOWMwYTEyYzI4&hl=en&authkey=CL7z7eMG

3. Provide youtube videos you show in class or videos that add to your content area. Be very specific and you can find just about anything on You tube. These can be great for helping this generations students study.

Injuries to Tendons, Ligaments, and Joints

Linear Equations

Visit Paris

Re Enactment Of Pickets Charge

Use Gadgets- You can see my gadgets on the right side of my blog
1. Provide links to students for websites
2. Provide links to other blogs
3. Video Bar- (My favorite gadget) Type in the topic your class is currently covering and it will show the most popular You tube videos for this topic.
4. Blog Archive- Provides easy access to all of your previous posts
5. Search bar- Provides easy access to find anything you have posted.

RU LEARNING HANDOUT
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1YSHMHyee0ZBnQZiDkvfXSX-IC4slDdsSsGZJ5SoR7l8&hl=en&authkey=CKSL6NMG

How to Start Your Own Blog using Blogger
1. Go to www.blogger.com
2. If you do not have an account you will have to create one.
3. Follow step by step directions and you will be set up in a matter of minutes.
4. Post by clicking on new post
5. Click on design and click on gadgets to choose from thousands of gadgets.
6. Google anything you have questions about
-ex. How do I add a gadget in blogger
-ex. How do I add a You tube video to blogger

Reaper Health

Sunday, October 31, 2010

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