Blogging - Staff Presentation

ICT Showcase & Share, July 4th 2006

Blogging
Presenter: Helen Dosser

A ‘blog’ is short for weblog. It’s an online journal or website where messages are posted and displayed. Blogs enable more than just a personal writing space, they invite users to participate in a larger community.

The key idea is to create critical conversation and connections in the learning experience. Blogs enable more than just a personal writing space, they invite users to

participate in a larger community
promote communication
develop literacy and ICT skills
they invite users to reflect

Helen uses Blogs in English to help students develop new thinking and learning skills that produce creative and innovative insights. Please feel free to visit Helen's classroom blog to see how she has been able to use this emerging technology with her students:
http://www.msdosser.blogspot.com/