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__ **Blog Here, Blog There** __ presented by Nicole Settanni and Renee Finley

In-Service May 21, 2013

Description of Session: // Journalistic blogs. Political blogs. Confessional blogs. Blogs appear everywhere. Learn how blogs fit in your classroom too. This hands-on session will help you understand where literacy and blogging meet and how to create and assess them. // __2 hour session__ 15 minutes – Intro

3 minutes - Blogging Overview
 * Blogs in Plain English []
 * What is Blogging? http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plpp&v=WwcW5AKcfl4

20 minutes – Blogging as a group
 * Would you rather lay in a raft on a lake and spend the summer in the mountains or dig your toes in the sand by the ocean? Convince your peers of your opinion.

25 minutes - Whole Group - What does it take to blog?
 * Comments
 * In order for blogging to be effective, comments are needed, but if students don't know how to properly comment they will lose out on part of the experience. We discuss how to thank people, how to answer their questions, and most importantly, how to ask questions back. This is all part of common conversational knowledge that all kids should be taught any way.
 * [] [|http://blogs.phillymag.com/bewellphilly/author/bboyd/]
 * [|Example] of how kids will start: []

20 minutes - Groups
 * 2 Groups – Those that have blogged before and those that have never blogged before.
 * Group 1 – Four Square Chart for Discussion
 * Group 2 – Learn how to set up blog on School wires

10 minutes - Rubrics

25 minutes – Create your own blog 15 Wrap Up - Continuum
 * Idea Sheet
 * Continuum of level of knowledge for different activities