4A-Edublog

Register for Your New Blog
[] You can use this blog to record your reactions to readings in this, or other workshops. You can also use a blog as a portfolio.

Discovery Exercise
As you watch the video below, consider the term "NEWS" as meaning any content or topic that is relevant to you and/or your students.

Blogs in Plain English (3:00)
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**Tips for a Richer K12 Learning 2.0 Blogging Experience**

 * Your blog will be as meaningful as you make it. Invest in your reflections and spend a little time crafting your posts. **Take time to link**, **format your text** and **possibly add images**. Feel free go beyond the minimum posting requirements. The blog is truly yours.
 * **Be brave when posting** and **celebrate your learning**. We all struggle and experience frustration and can benefit from hearing about others' experiences. We also want to hear about your discoveries and problem-solving triumphs!
 * **Be generous in commenting on other participants blogs**. Blogging is meant to engage readers in two-way communication. We are a community of learners. If you take a little time to encourage and respond to others' posts, they will respond in kind.

Thoughts about Web 2.0** Complete a blog post reflecting on your initial thoughts about Web 2.0 and its role in 21st Century teaching and learning. Consider the ways in which Web 2.0 tools might change (or have already changed) your professional practice. How might you be able to use these new tools to to engage today's "digital learners?" Why would you want to? How might you be able to use these tools to support your own learning?
 * **Task**


 * HELP Videos: **
 * [|Write and publish a basic blog post] (2:10)
 * [|Edit or delete a published blog post] (1:05)