B logs for  T eaching and  L earning Something more than just technology Francesc Balagué University of Barcelona www.blocdeblocs.net
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology I  –   Introduction II   – Educational uses III  – Getting started
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology I i n t r o d u c t i o n
Blogs for Teaching and Learning  –  Something more than just technology - New teaching and learning paradigm Student centred approach Competence based >>  European Higher Education Area - New roles of  teachers students institutions
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology “ Our students have changed radically.  Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Mark Prensky, “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>  Web 2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web20
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology   “   … the philosophy of mutually maximizing collective intelligence and added value for each participant by formalized and dynamic information sharing and creation. Högg, R. Meckel, M., Stanoevska-Slabeva, K., Martignoni, R., 2006. Overview of business models for Web 1.0 communities. Proceedings of GeNeMe, p.23-37. >>  Web 2.0
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>  Web 2.0 http://www.slideshare.net/rdesalvo/blogs-and-wikis-for-beginners/
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology To be defined as  social software ,  a tool must meet at least two of the following conditions: >>  Web 2.0 It allows people to communicate, collaborate and build a community online It can be syndicated, shared, reused or remixed It allows people to easily learn from and capitalize on the behaviour or knowledge of others Meredith Gorran Farkas
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology Characteristics of  social software : >>  Web 2.0 Online collaboration Conversations Capitalizing the wisdom of crowds Transparency Portability Meredith Gorran Farkas Easy content creation and sharing
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology w h y  w e b l o g s ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology Blogs are one of the most representative tools of Web 2.0.  They offer flexibility, adaptability, and integration with other tools. Blogs in Plain English http:// commoncraft.com /blogs >>  Use of Weblogs
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology Technorati State of the blogsphere 2008 http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology II e d u c a t i o n a l  u s e s
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology Technologies do  NOT  change teaching & learning, but can help us to introduce new methodologies and learning environments
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >> Blogs in education Blogs support:   knowledge building reflection monitoring sharing archiving Possibilities of Web 2.0 tools
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology designing, planning, producing >>  Bloom’s Taxonomy experimenting, monitoring implementing, executing  organising, attributing, integrating summarising, inferring, paraphrasing recognising, identifying, retrieving
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>   Using blogs in the classroom To share opinions and learning. To see knowledge as interconnected. To facilitates reflection and evaluation. To develop a digital portfolio. To promote creative writing. To teach responsible public writing.  http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/01/17/rationale-for-educational-blogging   (Davis 2007)
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology …   teachers to provide feedback  and to monitor students’ performance more effectively. >>   Blogs facilitate… …   self-assessment and continued assessment. …   personal reflection. …   tracking all the process (by students themselves and by teachers).
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology III g e t t i n g  s t a r t e d
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>   Getting started
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology Start exploring with the tool, what you can do, how does it work, etc. >>   Tips for getting started with blogs Seek help from colleagues who have tried it Target the tech-heads with maturity in your class to help others Read other educators’ blogs; how they use categories, how they organize the information, how often they blog, how they give instructions to students, etc.
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology …  a different temporal and spatial organization (it would be different in an online environment than a face-to-face one) >>  U sing blogs requires… …  to learn a new tool (technologically and methodologically) …  to anticipate the workload required to adapt the tasks …  to like writing
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>  Some useful links
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>   wordpress  admin panel
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>  Blogger.com
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>  Blogger admin panel
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>  Some other Blog platforms: B2Evolution   http://b2evolution.net/ LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/ Edublogs  http://edublogs.org/   Twitter  (microblogging)  http://twitter.com
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology >>  and…  Add widgets to your blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVRlXn9mAs   Syndicate, get updates automatically  www.feedreader.com www.bloglines.com www.google.com/reader
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology References: - Socio-Constructivism on EdutechWiki http:// edutechwiki.unige.ch /en/Socio-constructivism - Bloom, B.S (1984) Taxonomy of educational objectives, Pearson Education, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. - Jonassen, D. (1994) Thinking technology: towards a constructivist design model, Educational Technology, 34(4), 34-37. - Social Software in Higher Education   http://www.slideshare.net/librarianmer/social-software-in-higher-education   - Two ways to integrate technology in our teaching http://www.slideshare.net/jasondenys/wikis-and-blogs-in-education
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology References: - Matrix of some uses of blogs in education   http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2003/10/09/Matrix-of-some-uses-of-blogs-in-education   -  Blogger & Wordpress chart   http://pulsed.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogger-wordpress-chart.html - Educational Blogs’ Slides at Slideshare http:// www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?q =education%2Bblogs&submit= post&commit =Search   -  Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/68089/
Blogs for Teaching and Learning – Something more than just technology francesc balagué [email_address] www.blocdeblocs.net Photo Leave:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/montanaraven/10693295/   Photo Laptops:   http :// www.flickr.com / photos / kmtucker /507130019 Photo Web2.0:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022 Photo Train:   http://flickr.com/photos/brianlewandowski/2115495443 Photo Breach:  http :// flickr.com / photos /8628950 @N06 /2405895532 Dank jullie wel Thank you very much

Blogs For Teaching And Learning

  • 1.
    B logs for T eaching and L earning Something more than just technology Francesc Balagué University of Barcelona www.blocdeblocs.net
  • 2.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology I – Introduction II – Educational uses III – Getting started
  • 3.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology I i n t r o d u c t i o n
  • 4.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology - New teaching and learning paradigm Student centred approach Competence based >> European Higher Education Area - New roles of teachers students institutions
  • 5.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology “ Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Mark Prensky, “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”
  • 6.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Web 2.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web20
  • 7.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology “ … the philosophy of mutually maximizing collective intelligence and added value for each participant by formalized and dynamic information sharing and creation. Högg, R. Meckel, M., Stanoevska-Slabeva, K., Martignoni, R., 2006. Overview of business models for Web 1.0 communities. Proceedings of GeNeMe, p.23-37. >> Web 2.0
  • 8.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Web 2.0 http://www.slideshare.net/rdesalvo/blogs-and-wikis-for-beginners/
  • 9.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology To be defined as social software , a tool must meet at least two of the following conditions: >> Web 2.0 It allows people to communicate, collaborate and build a community online It can be syndicated, shared, reused or remixed It allows people to easily learn from and capitalize on the behaviour or knowledge of others Meredith Gorran Farkas
  • 10.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology Characteristics of social software : >> Web 2.0 Online collaboration Conversations Capitalizing the wisdom of crowds Transparency Portability Meredith Gorran Farkas Easy content creation and sharing
  • 11.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology w h y w e b l o g s ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022
  • 12.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology Blogs are one of the most representative tools of Web 2.0. They offer flexibility, adaptability, and integration with other tools. Blogs in Plain English http:// commoncraft.com /blogs >> Use of Weblogs
  • 13.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology Technorati State of the blogsphere 2008 http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/
  • 14.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology II e d u c a t i o n a l u s e s
  • 15.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology Technologies do NOT change teaching & learning, but can help us to introduce new methodologies and learning environments
  • 16.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Blogs in education Blogs support: knowledge building reflection monitoring sharing archiving Possibilities of Web 2.0 tools
  • 17.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology designing, planning, producing >> Bloom’s Taxonomy experimenting, monitoring implementing, executing organising, attributing, integrating summarising, inferring, paraphrasing recognising, identifying, retrieving
  • 18.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Using blogs in the classroom To share opinions and learning. To see knowledge as interconnected. To facilitates reflection and evaluation. To develop a digital portfolio. To promote creative writing. To teach responsible public writing. http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/01/17/rationale-for-educational-blogging (Davis 2007)
  • 19.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology … teachers to provide feedback and to monitor students’ performance more effectively. >> Blogs facilitate… … self-assessment and continued assessment. … personal reflection. … tracking all the process (by students themselves and by teachers).
  • 20.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology III g e t t i n g s t a r t e d
  • 21.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Getting started
  • 22.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology Start exploring with the tool, what you can do, how does it work, etc. >> Tips for getting started with blogs Seek help from colleagues who have tried it Target the tech-heads with maturity in your class to help others Read other educators’ blogs; how they use categories, how they organize the information, how often they blog, how they give instructions to students, etc.
  • 23.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology … a different temporal and spatial organization (it would be different in an online environment than a face-to-face one) >> U sing blogs requires… … to learn a new tool (technologically and methodologically) … to anticipate the workload required to adapt the tasks … to like writing
  • 24.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Some useful links
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    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> wordpress admin panel
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    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Blogger.com
  • 27.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Blogger admin panel
  • 28.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> Some other Blog platforms: B2Evolution http://b2evolution.net/ LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/ Edublogs http://edublogs.org/ Twitter (microblogging) http://twitter.com
  • 29.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology >> and… Add widgets to your blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVRlXn9mAs Syndicate, get updates automatically www.feedreader.com www.bloglines.com www.google.com/reader
  • 30.
    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology References: - Socio-Constructivism on EdutechWiki http:// edutechwiki.unige.ch /en/Socio-constructivism - Bloom, B.S (1984) Taxonomy of educational objectives, Pearson Education, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA. - Jonassen, D. (1994) Thinking technology: towards a constructivist design model, Educational Technology, 34(4), 34-37. - Social Software in Higher Education http://www.slideshare.net/librarianmer/social-software-in-higher-education - Two ways to integrate technology in our teaching http://www.slideshare.net/jasondenys/wikis-and-blogs-in-education
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    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology References: - Matrix of some uses of blogs in education http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2003/10/09/Matrix-of-some-uses-of-blogs-in-education - Blogger & Wordpress chart http://pulsed.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogger-wordpress-chart.html - Educational Blogs’ Slides at Slideshare http:// www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?q =education%2Bblogs&submit= post&commit =Search - Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/68089/
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    Blogs for Teachingand Learning – Something more than just technology francesc balagué [email_address] www.blocdeblocs.net Photo Leave: http://www.flickr.com/photos/montanaraven/10693295/ Photo Laptops: http :// www.flickr.com / photos / kmtucker /507130019 Photo Web2.0: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022 Photo Train: http://flickr.com/photos/brianlewandowski/2115495443 Photo Breach: http :// flickr.com / photos /8628950 @N06 /2405895532 Dank jullie wel Thank you very much