Just another fine example of the use of blog for teaching and learning. Jason Reagin has created a blog for his EL class.
Instead of maintaing their own blogs, students are required to visit their teacher’s blog to practice EL thru posting comments on the topics posted in the blog.
Development of Blogs from the WWW perspective
Though as educators we are most interested in edublogs, it is also good for us to be updated on how blogs have been evolving in the global scene.
Read this article “Web of Influence” by Daniel W. Drezner, Henry Farrellto find out more.
2nd EduBlog Workshop
This morning, some 20 teachers from four schools attended our workshop held in Beatty Secondary School Computer Lab 3. In the short 3-hours, teachers are introduced to blogs, as well as had a hands-on session on the use of Blogger.com. The day’s programme ended with a break out discussion on the possibilities of introducing blogs into the teaching and learning of their various subject areas.
Softcopy for the presentation and handouts can be downloaded here:
1. Presentation slides (EdTech Awards version)
2. Blogger HOWTO
3. Bloglines.com HOWTO
4. WinXP IME 3.0 Chinese Input Installation Guide
RssReader – Software for reading feeds
If you prefer a reader which can be installed to manage your RSS feeds, try RssReader which is free.
Do take note that if you are installing the reader in moe’s computers, you may need to engage your school TA to assist in the installation of MS .NET Framework 1.1.
Rollup – another rss feeds gathering tool
Found this tool while reading this post by Scott Leslie.
This online tool can serve as an alternative to bloglines.com. However, take note of the following:
1. One email address (required for registration can only subscribe to 30 feeds).
2. Your account will be removed if there is no visitor for 14 days.
Considering our usual class size of 40, this tool has its limitation.
I have created one rollup. Take a look to get the feel of it.
[Rollup is closing down 🙁 /* updated 12th Dec 2004*/]