Blogger

Blogger is a somewhat unusual place to begin this track for the course. You will need to establish a blog to post your Performance Records for the SMART and HTML tracks. So, that is why we are beginning this track with Blogger.

Blogging is a way of sharing one's thoughts and ideas. Facebook and twitter are mini and micro blog systems, respectively, used as social media. Full scale blogs often are used professionally and in academic settings to carry out asynchronous discussions.

>  (and an excellent array of professional development education sites)  Will Richardson - __ [] __  David Warlick - __ [] __  Clay Burrell - __ [] __  Chris Lehmann - __ [] __  George Siemens - __ [] __  Curt Bonk - __ [] __  Jeff Utecht - __ [] __  Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach - __ [] __  Stephen Downes - __ [] __  Judy O'Connell - __ [] __  Clarence Fisher - __ [] __
 * __EXAMPLE BLOGGING SITES__**

Discussions among colleagues often are tracked using a blogroll.

**Setup** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">This is how we will carry on an academic discussion of your introduction to educational media technologies for this course. To do that, you will need to create a blog, as follows: > <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">A. Go to http://www.blogger.com

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"> > <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">B. Name blog
 * Create Blog Now
 * Use Google account or establish a new account

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"> > <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">C. Preview and choose a template <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">D. You will be invited to start posting with your first post. You can save to a "Draft" if you have to quit before you are finished with what you wish to write. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">E. When you have written what you wish to post, "Preview Before Publishing" (PBP). Again, if it doesn't look right, save to "draft." Only when you are happy with what you have written and the way it appears in Preview, do you press "Publish." <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">F. Review your "Dashboard" settings to be sure you know where your Dashboard is, and what is there. This is the control center for your blog. If the service has to contact you, this is the interface point. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">G. Set up your blogroll and labels gadget. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">H. Post your Tech Performance Record for this evening. > <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">I. Please note the use of labels for your posts in the TECH and GAIN tracks, and put a gadget on the side of your blog to track the postings within their respective tracks.
 * This name becomes part of the web address, so it must be unique to that service.
 * Sometimes the name of the blog also becomes the title of the blog, as well. In other instances the title may be different.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Lesson Plans** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Elementary//    Language Arts - "Discover Blogging" - Lerman & Hicks, page 233    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Language Arts - "Historical Novel" -  ** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">** ____ [|__https://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv49v____kt_____3d986mbc9__] ____ **  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">   Language Arts - "The World in Our Classroom"   <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">    - Lerman & Hicks, page 266       <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">   Mathematics - "The Camping Trip" - Lerman & Hicks, page 227    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">   Mathematics - "Home Measurements"   <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">    - Lerman & Hicks, page 244        <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Middle School //   **    Language Arts - "Book Review Blog"    ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">   <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">    - Lerman & Hicks, page 276                <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Language Arts - "Historical Novel" -  ** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">** ____ [|__https://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv49v____kt_____3d986mbc9__] ____ **   <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Language Arts - "Literature Genre Study"  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">    - Lerman & Hicks, page 291           <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">   Social Studies - "Current Events Blog"    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">    - Lerman & Hicks, page 285           <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> // High School  //   <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Language Arts - "Historical Novel" -  ** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">** ____ [|__https://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv49v____kt_____3d986mbc9__] ____ **   <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Social Studies - "Issue of Our Time"  **    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">    - Lerman & Hicks, page 332 <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">**__Performance Record__** <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">
 * 1) You will have a functioning blog with a blogroll gadget of classmates blogs and a gadget for labels.
 * 2) Post your SMART Performance Record for the evening's work.
 * 3) Read and comment on at least one of the professional blogs listed as Example Blogging Sites (or the lesson plan listed) on the Groups discussion board.
 * 4) Be sure your posts show in your Labels gadget on your blog, as well as your blogroll, even though we will be using only the SMART label in this first week.