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=Blogging: Instructional Strategies=
 * Audience**: Beginner Users
 * Presenter**: Stephanie DeMarco

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 * Introduction and Overview:**

1. Educators will develop instructional strategies for effective blog use 2. Educators identify topics to develop student's critical thinking
 * Objectives:**


 * Plan:**
 * Whole Group Discussion: How does the teacher set the tone for the blog?
 * Small Group Discussion: Referring back to yesterday's blog reviews, we will switch our focus to the teacher. What types of posts did the teacher post? What type of prompts did the teacher write to encourage student participation? Did the teacher comment to students on whether they were "right"or "wrong"? How did teachers push discussions further? How did the teacher redirect discussions when they went off topic?
 * Whole Group Discussion: The Teacher's Role as a Facilitator
 * Collaborative Group Work: Participants will split into collaborative groups based on the content area they teach. Groups will review content specific blogs. Group members will discuss possible topics within their content area that would benefit from discussing on a class blogs. Based off of that list, group members will construct thought provoking, open ended questions as possible blog prompts
 * Whole Group Discussion: Collaborative Groups will share their insight and list of prompts
 * Wrap Up: Higher Order Thinking. How can blogging develop higher order thinking? How can educators use blogs to develop students writing skills?
 * Participants will take a few moments to complete a reflection on the information discussed today
 * Participants will fill out an evaluation form

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 * Materials:**
 * List of academic blogs
 * Handout: [[file:Blog Review.doc]]
 * List of content specific blogs
 * Handout: [[file:Possible Blog Use.doc]]
 * Handout: [[file:Reflection Form.doc]]

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