Day+Three

=Blogging: Student Introduction=
 * Audience**: Beginner Users
 * Presenter**: Stephanie DeMarco

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 * Introduction and Overview:**

1. Educators will identify effective strategies to introduce blogs to elementary students 2. Educators will evaluate academic blogs 3.Educators will set clear and high expectations and rules or student blog use
 * Objectives:**


 * Plan:**
 * Review from yesterday: Presentation on Blogging and its impact on student learning
 * Individual Work: Select 2 blogs from the list. Complete the Blog Review to critique the blogs reviewed. Take note of characteristics you find useful as well as those you think are not useful
 * Small Group Discussion: What did you notice in your reviews? Share insight with colleagues at your table
 * Whole Group Discussion: What was the role of the teacher in the blog? How did the educator set the tone and model appropriate use in the blogs?
 * Whole Group Discussion: How can we introduce blogging to our students?
 * Discuss the importance of modeling appropriate and effective blog use
 * Small Group Discussion: Setting Clear and High Expectations. Groups will create a list of rules and expectations for students
 * Each small group will post and share their list with the rest of the audience
 * Each participant will have time to gather ideas from all of the lists posted to create their list of rules and expectations best for their class. This list will be posted in their classroom and on their class blog
 * Participants will fill out a reflection to reflect on what was discussed and how they will use the information in their classroom
 * Participants will fill out the evaluation


 * Materials:**
 * Presentation: How Blogs can Impact Student Learning (one Day One page)
 * List of academic blogs
 * Handout: [[file:Blog Review.doc]]
 * Chart paper and markers
 * Handout: [[file:Reflection Form.doc]]
 * Evaluation form

Evaluation Form Training Session Title:
 * Evaluation:**

We appreciate your help in evaluating this program. Your feedback is important to us. Please indicate your rating of the presentation in the categories below by circling the number representing your evaluation using a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high). This program met the stated objectives. || 1 2 3 4 5 || 1. Were knowledgeable in content areas.
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2. Content was consistent with stated objectives.

3. Helpful and appropriate responses to questions. || 1 2 3 4 5

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1 2 3 4 5 || 1. Visual aids, presentations, handouts and oral presentations clarified the content.
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2. Teaching methods were appropriate for subject matter. || 1 2 3 4 5

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