COD 2012 - D072

Educational Blogging for Young Learners

Teachers interested in learning how to integrate blogs in their daily teaching.

4 sessions, start: 04-Jun

Course detail

Year: 2012
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: A distancia
Facilitator/s: Ms. Jennifer Verschoor
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 400.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Schedule
1 04 June - 10 June 2012 Online session
2 11 June - 17 June 2012 Online session
3 18 June - 24 June 2012 Online session
4 25 June - 01 July 2012 Online session

Facilitator/s

Jennifer Verschoor

Jennifer Verschoor graduated from St. Andrew's Scots School. She holds a degree in Literary, Technical and Legal Translation as well as a Bachelor's degree in Educational Management, English Teaching and ICT in the Classroom validated by Trinity College London. She holds an MA in Virtual Environments and a Specialization in Education and ICT offered by the Ministry of Education in Argentina. She is the co-author of My First Digital Journey, an ebook published by The Round in December 2012. Currently she is working for the British Council in Argentina and Chile, ESSARP, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cambridge English and SimpleK12 giving teacher training courses on the integration of ICT. She has been hired by SBS International to co-moderate TIC en el AULA, nominated for an ELTon Award in 2013 under the category Local Innovation.
Teachers interested in learning how to integrate blogs in their daily teaching.
This is a four-week completely on-line course starting on June 4th where you will learn how to integrate blogging and different Web 2.0 tools in your teaching repertoire, in order to enhance your daily teaching activities using blogs.
During the course we want to bring together teachers from three different continents and show them the benefits of learning online and collaborating by joining participants from Argentina, Japan and Switzerland encouraging interaction through the blogging.
Week 1: Introducing Blogging: the concept; the different blog types and providers; setting up your own blog.

Week 2: How to use blogs and 2.0 tools: in the classroom; for collaborative projects; for professional development.

Week 3: Group project work: preparing your blog- working together towards a shared aim.

Week 4: Rounding Off: presenting your projects; visions of future work.
You will be able to work at your own pace, completing the weekly tasks. Live, interactive on-line sessions will also be offered.

Basic knowledge of the internet is required, but no previous experience with blogs is assumed.
Week 1:
Reading: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7006.pdf
Blogs in Education

Week 2:
Reading: The structure of collaborative tagging

Week 3:
Reading: 7 things you should kow about RSS
What is an RSS feed and how can I subscribe?

Week 4:
Reading: 50 Useful Blogging Tools for Teachers
100 Best Blogs for Teachers of the Future
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