Primary Digital Porfolios

Students can begin creating a digital footprint at a very early age.
Classroom Use:  Gives students an audience for their work, creates a community, student-led conferences, allows for student choice, recording reading fluency 


YouTube

What is a Blog?

You Tube

Becoming a Better Blogger

I just came across Must-have Guide to Becoming a Better Blogger from Edudemic.

Personal Learning Networks

...Opportunities to connect with people who are passionate about similar areas of interest and develop collaborative relationships. 

Our YorkUICT has become another Personal Learning Network -a platform for connection and collaboration.  We have been able to connect face to face, through Twitter, Google+, Twitter and sharing of Blogs.   Through these vehicles we have been able to share ideas and resources with one another as well as educators around the globe. With Personal Learning Networks, everyone's knowledge grows.

For our students, many of them are participating in Personal Learning Networks already.  Social Media brings information to students and at the same time allows students to access information.  It is important for us as teachers to help student's properly navigate this process.  

Will Richardson speaks about this in his video.

You Tube

Teacher Use:  to keep up with the latest trends; inform & enhance classroom teaching; professional growth

Blogging

Blogger

Today we were introduced to Blogger which is a web-based program that allows one to create and customize a blog. What is a blog?
See the video below:

YouTube Video

We are using Blogger and are learning how to insert videos into our blogs. The video below will provide helpful information describing how to set up your Blogger Blog as well as embed a video.

YouTube Video

I have added one person on my blogroll!!
Did you know that Will Richardson has been blogging for over 10 years!

Classroom Use: create & share class/school information; post field trip information; post parent helper calendars; daily lessons for students who are ill or on vacation; creative writing prompts, striking visual images;