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How and why I plan to use Blogger in my own classroom

Student voice and choice: It has been proven that students learn more with voice and choice in their learning environment. Using a blogging platform, like Blogger, is a great way to give students s chance to share their thinking and all the amazing learning they are doing at school. Our school is just about to go 1:Web, which means that each student is going to have their own chromebook to use at school. I can definitely see in the future having a Blog for each of my class periods, or if students are interested, teaching them how to create their own. This way they have an ongoing journal of their educational journey not only for their own purposes (helping build their educational portfolio) but it also serves as a communication portal between school and home. Parents can very quickly see what the latest happenings are in class and what learning their students are engaging in. Here is a link to how to get students blogging about what they are doing in school: https://www....
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Here is the how and why to start an educational blog using Blogger and get students going too!

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Here are some basics on how to start a Blogger site for education through a video by TeachHub: And here is a "crib sheet" for how to get started, how to use blogger in the classroom and the benefits of using it. https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//educators/activities/pdfs_GTA/CribSheet.Blogger3.pdf Once you are started, you may now want to get your students involved here is a resources for the reasons and ways to get students blogging on their own! https://www.teachhub.com/beginners-guide-student-blogging
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Inspiring teaching when you really need it

Every February I start to lose my motivation to keep doing the tough work day in and day out. It is at this time that I rely on the wisdom of my peers, both far and near. I am lucky to work in a school and district with many inspiring teachers and leaders, but because of technology, I am also able to reach to far off places for even more inspiration. One of my favorite far off places is to the land of A J Juliani. He and John Spencer are doing amazing work to keep our students engaged and interested in learning. They are breaking the boundaries of traditional education and finding great success. Here are their blogs: http://ajjuliani.com/blog-2/ http://www.spencerauthor.com/
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