Enhancing ELA Skills Through Blogging in the Classroom
Discover the benefits of integrating blogging into your classroom to enhance English Language Arts (ELA) skills. A blog serves as a dynamic platform for students to engage in writing, reflect on their learning, and develop digital citizenship skills. From book talks and reading reflections to collaborative storytelling and role-play, the opportunities are endless. Start blogging today by choosing a user-friendly platform and aligning your lessons with blogging activities to foster creativity and confidence in your students. Let's transform classroom engagement through the art of blogging!
Enhancing ELA Skills Through Blogging in the Classroom
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Blogging and Ela Allyson Dewar Technology integration specialist oakland schools
What is a blog? • Blogs in Plain English • (n.) Short for web log, a blog is a web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. -Webopedia
Why should I use blogs in my classroom? • Develops social and writing skills • Gives students more confidence • Practice Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety in a controlled environment • More engaging than pencil and paper • Not just student and teacher • Allows students to revisit and reflect • Computer -based testing
How can I start? • Choose a platform • Review the basics, blogging etiquette, make sure AUP is on file for student, rules and expectations. Communicate with parents that you are blogging in the classroom • Review lesson plans and integrate it
This idea sounds great but give me some ways I can use blogging to strengthen ela skills! • Book Talks • Respond to reading • Reflections • Editing and Revising • Practice certain writing skills (ex. voice, mechanics) • Research and report out • Find Facts • Describe a photo • Book recommendations • Grammar • Sequence of events • Making Inferences • Write a collaborative story • Role Play • Report on a field trip • How-To • Debate • Persuade • Leads and Conclusions • Current Events • Write a story • Poems/Poetry reflection • Figurative Language • Retelling I have seen blogging being done at the kindergarten level!
What can you do today? • Find a blogging platform • Consider what you are covering right now in your class…how can you tie ELA and blogging to it? • Brainstorm how to introduce concept to class. I can help!
