Mar 14th, 2010
Blogging for Teaching and Learning
I’ve been working the past couple of weekends creating a new course that I am really excited about. I’m developing Blogging for Teaching and Learning as a 3-credit online course that will help the learner discover how to access blogs for professional development and collaboration, how to create and manage a blog, and how to integrate blogs and blogging into teaching and learning in the classroom. Look for this new addition to our course listings in April or May.
Here is the first draft of the course description: Explore the educational potential of blogs and blogging. Freely available and easy to use web-based tools make blogging a means for teachers to communicate with students and families and to build a network of colleagues and collaborators to support best practice. Blogging is also an authentic, engaging and interactive classroom activity for students that provides a vehicle to share ideas, develop writing, and reflect on work. In this course you will learn how to find blogs that are relevant and meaningful to you professionally; how to create your own blog; and, how to set up blogging as an experiential learning tool in your classroom.
