Blogger Tutorial

I find BLOG's to be a simple way for learners to deliver, present or store information that I'm asking them to acquire. Just like THIS BLOG Education and Instructional Design, you can create a platform that engages an audience to view information you desire to share, across digital and mobile platforms.

I believe a BLOG is a really good entry level into digital learning incorporation. Currently I have over 10 BLOG's being used in different ways across 5 classes.

An example of how to incorporate a BLOG into your practice is using it as a 'sometime's or 'fulltime' replacement of a work book. You can ask your students to create a platform, similar to this blog as an example, and then embed 'Pages', each page could represent a Term. The students could name the page Term 1. and in that space they achieve class tasks.

This is no different to them creating a folder on their desktop and using Word or Pages formats to achieve class tasks. However, it is encouraging your students and yourself to think differently about your instructional design AND intent. It also highlights accountability, digital ownership and engages them to use their laptops as something more than a media player while they write out the document the teacher wants them to.

Example of what the layout might look like:

If you would like to see more examples of embedding a BLOG into your practice, I'm happy to show you and to help you manage and create a platform for your needs.

Cheers,

Shaun