Session 3-Blogging with Students Using EduBlog!

Welcome to week 3!!!!

Blogging with Students

The good news this week is that based upon what I've been hearing and seeing, most in the class have been moving along speedily.  There are, however a number of you struggling.

So, if you recall I mentioned that I change and evolve the curriculum for this course based upon the latest information and the needs of the class right up until the last minute.  It's obvious by some of the feedback that some of you are frustrated with using Blogger.

In Session 1 I told you that you would be exposed to other blogging tools as alternatives to Blogger, so you have frames of reference to use in your 'Adult Education' setting. Therefore, I've decided to 'pivot' and have you now try a different service called 'Edublogs', but this time I will give you more 'tech-training wheels' and support with the hope that it will help eliminate some of the stress, anxiety, and frustration that some of you have been feeling.  I will be interested to hear your 'comments' on the distinctions.

This will be a self-paced step-by-step training.  For Session 3 I only want you to focus on Steps 1 and 2.

Here is a little more information before I have you dive in:

• You can work at your own pace in a time frame that suits you.
• If you complete all 11 steps you can receive a certificate and badge. (I recommend you do this to add it to your resume.)
• Each step includes reading material, examples, and a choice of tasks to demonstrate and develop your skills.
• You can pick and choose some of the activities.  Your blog comment (posted to our class blog) will focus upon what you experienced, how you chose your path to personalize the training, and a reflection on your learning for this week.
• Please post an original 'comment' at least twice this week. Once after completing Step 1 and the other after Step 2, but continue to 'reply' to comments made by others to help your peers that are practicing as 'Facilitators.'

This PDF workbook will help to keep you on track and focused as you work through the 10 steps. (Remember-only steps 1&2 during Week #3.) The workbook also explains more of what the course is about.

You can download it here to print out if you'd like,

Let's Get Started!

As Zig Ziglar said, “You don’t have to be great to start, 

but you have to start to be great.”

Now is a great time to jump right in!

Start The Personal Blogging Course

Good luck and have fun!

Dave

As I mentioned on the first day of class, I've been writing courses and building curricula for online instruction at URI for over 10 years. Edublogging has been around a long time (as you will see looking through the 'comment archives' below.  Past participants' comments from one of my previous courses about using blogs in education:

Spring '10
Spring '09

Summer '08

and older past participant comments and insights may be accessed here.