March 2, 2010
Today, I taught a lesson on blogging.
Here is my lesson:
SS will be able to:
describe the def. of blog
list blog's main components
view blog for lesson

introduce by creating KWL chart:

-includes reading an writing
it is a conversation
communication with a large audience
can be about any subject
portfolio of learning, feeling, creating

Tell ss the def. of blog-online way of publishing one's feelings by way of writing

Blogs or web logs are much like journals on the web where users post their thoughts on a regular basis. Entries are dated in listed in chronological order starting with the most recent entry.

We will be using blogs in your classroom for the purpose of science. Each week I will review the lessons that you will be learning with Ms. Elledge, and I will post an essential question that each of you will answer at some point during the week. You are expected to answer the question during your down time at some point during the week. There is no limit to how much you have to write, but it must answer the question. I will not be asking yes or no questions, so your answer should be longer than one or two words. The question will come from the lessons that you were taught in the previous week. It will begin next week and end the week before your Spring Break. Therefore, the essential question that I post next week will refer to the lessons being taught this week.

They seemed to draw a blank after the K part. They didn't know much about blogs.
After describing them, students decided that they wanted to know what we would be using them for, if they could communicate with each other on them, and how often they had to post.

I was disappointed that no one really knew much about them, or that they didn't speak up if they did, however, they seemed eager to learn more, and to get started with our class blog!