As I stated in my last post, I’m giving a talk today at the Missouri Writing Project Summer Institute.

My plan is as follows:

First 20

  • briefly review what blogging is and mention the other forms of blogging being done
  • highlight a few place blogs since they are writing about place this summer
  • discuss places they can go to play with technology
  • mention some popular education bloggers that they may want to read
  • let them know where they can go for what other people have said about blogging
  • explain how they can search for blogs

Second 20
And, since they are working with MovieMaker in another talk, instead of walking them through creating a blog, I thought I’d walk them through creating a free account on Flickr.

Middle 30
Then, for others who would like to create blogs at Blogger.com, I can walk them through that process, but I’m also tempted to just turn them loose with the tools I’ve mentioned on my handout and then walk around and answer questions. I think I will just see what the mood is in the room and do what they would prefer.

Final 20
I’d like to reserve the last 20 minutes of the 90 minute session for time to discuss how they might use this tools in the classroom with their students.