IT4Educators Blog » professional development http://www.it4eds.com/blog Innovative Technology For Educators Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:06:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Blogging for Teaching and Learning http://www.it4eds.com/blog/2010/03/14/blogging-for-teaching-and-learning-for-beginners/ http://www.it4eds.com/blog/2010/03/14/blogging-for-teaching-and-learning-for-beginners/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:10:39 +0000 Rojanne Brown http://www.it4eds.com/blog/?p=161

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.

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Welcome to the Innovative Technology for Educators Blog!

We want this blog to be a valuable resource to your classrooman technology toolbox.  You should feel energized and equipped with at least one “a ha” idea when you leave.

We promise to share short and relevant, technology integration ideas for  your classroom.  The Resources and Staff Development links will be up to date and our blog entries will vary from new Web 2.0 tools to staff development  research.  If you like what we are offering, click on the RSS icon to subscribe to our feed.

When we’re not adding material to the Blog, we offer online professional development courses for college credit.  Technology trends change and morph like the weather and in order to keep up with these trends, we are asking you to send us any K-12 course content ideas you have (Click on ‘Connect’ and send us your thoughts).

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