Resources+&+Handouts

=**Resources & Handouts**= Students can sign a contract making them responsible for their actions when using the computer || [|Tips for Using Blogs in the Classroom] Helpful tips to successfully implement blogs in the classroom
 * ==**Handouts**== || ==**Useful Links**== || ==**Research**== ||
 * ====**Internet Safety For Students**====

Kidblog Beyond the Basics A tutorial on setting up and using KidBlog in the classroom

[|What A Blog Is In Plain English!] An introduction to blogs and how they work || The authors highlight the use of YouTube, digital stories, and blogs because they represent simple tools appropriate for any teacher's use and can easily be used together. The authors explain how to use these digital tools and provide examples of actual classroom practice. || This slideshow shares the set of rules that are followed for behaving appropriately online
 * ====**Internet Etiquette**====

|| [|33 Ways To Use Blogs In The Classroom] This is a personal blog that shares a variety of creative ideas to implement blogs as tools in the classroom

[|Classroom Blogs and Wikis] Example blogs, tips for teachers, and tutorial websites || The purpose of this article is to explore ways in which blogs can support literacy programs, especially to develop higher order thinking (HOT) while reading and writing. || Helpful tips for children to follow as they explore the World Wide Web || Benefits of Educational Blogging This wiki shares the educational benefits of blogging in the classroom
 * ====**Tips For Kids On Using The Internet**====

[|The EduBlogger] Different classroom blogs from around the world for teachers to use in the classroom || This column discusses the purpose of blogs,lists and discusses six instructional characteristics of a blog, and shares ten instructional activities with the incorporation of blogs. || This template can be used for teachers to have their students write down their username and password for KidBlog || [|Teacher Challenge] This website offers teachers information on how to set up accounts, write appropriate "about" pages, change settings, activities for students, etc. It also includes several examples of classroom blogs. ||  ||
 * ====**Username and Password Cards**====

This blog is used as an informational blog about the tidepools || This blog models the use of technology for teachers and students || This blog is used to provide detailed progress reports with the completion of the WebQuest || This blog is used to provide students with critical thinking questions for either discussion or response || This blog shares a teacher's vacation to Greece [|Wild About Math] This blog shares several ideas to use in the classroom pertaining to math [|Technology Safety and Privacy in Elementary Schools] A discussion forum for teachers to share their understanding and experience with technology safety in the classroom [|Science Fieldtrip] A teachers perspective about the benefits of visiting the Magnolia Bird Farm and strategies to use for implementation ||
 * ==**Sample Blogs**== ||
 * [|Corona Del Mar Tidepools]
 * [|Mr. C's Classroom Blog]
 * [|American Revolution Campaign WebQuest]
 * [|Sarah, Plain, and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan]
 * [|Learning in Greece]

Kidblog is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog. || Create a perfect social website to bring people together. With your own look and feel, and choice of social integration, Ning opens new doors to revenue and involvement. || Edublogs lets you easily create & manage student & teacher blogs, quickly customize designs and include videos, photos & podcasts - it's safe, easy and secure || Blogger is a free blog publishing tool from Google for easily sharing your thoughts with the world. || Class Blogs is a one stop shop resource for students and teachers. Not only can teachers and students setup blogs but assignments can be distributed online, assignments can be graded online, and the teacher can even create a grade book online. ||
 * ==Blogging Platforms== ||
 * [[image:http://www.edutecher.net/link_images/kidblog.jpg width="56" height="56" align="left" link="http://kidblog.org/"]][|Kidblog]
 * [[image:http://static.ning.com/about/images/press/assets/ning-logo2.png width="75" height="40" align="left" link="http://www.ning.com/"]][|Ning]
 * [[image:http://edublogs.org/wp-content/themes/edublogs_2010/images/edublogs_logo.png width="84" height="48" align="left" link="http://edublogs.org/"]][|EduBlogs]
 * [[image:http://www.blogtap.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/blogger_logo.png width="61" height="55" align="left" link="http://blogger.com/"]][|Blogger]
 * [[image:http://theapple.monster.com/nfs/theapple/attachment_images/0010/5036/cblogs_logo_crop380w.png?1301512515 width="75" height="63" align="left" link="http://classblogs.us/"]][|ClassBlogs]

An original PowerPoint slideshow for a Professional Development presentation || An original pamphlet presenting an agenda for a Professional Development presentation ||
 * ==Resources for Professional Development== ||
 * [[file:Professional Development PPT.pptx]]
 * [[file:Blog Agenda.pdf]]