Blogging can be a great way to support differentiated learning, assessment and inquiry in your classroom. Teachers can choose between running one class blog with many students contributing or having each student run their own blog. Blog posts can be text-based or include media created by students. By building connections to other educators, you can draw readers and commenters to your student blogs, encouraging them to write effectively for an audience. This session is appropriate for all subject areas.

Audience: Grades 9-12

Resources:

• Jaclyn’s Secondary Blogging wiki, which includes the following
  • Why Blog? (lots of sample blogs)
  • Gradual Release of Responsibility
  • Choosing the Right Tool
  • Gaining an Audience for Students
  • Using Blogger
• Video on motivating learning
• iEARN Canada