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 * Clive School Staff Meeting - Blogs **

Outline of the session
Planning the ultimate blog for children at Clive School Homework: Creating our own blogs || **Classroom rules** **Goals** This afternoon we will learn a few blog basics and plan how the blogs will look at Clive
 * [[image:checklist.jpg width="70" height="52"]] || Blogging 101. Basic skills
 * [[image:tudor-rose/bigstockHelp.jpg width="90" height="66"]] || # Learn your username and password. Don't rely on the fairies to remember these things. If you write it down, remember where :) Use a google spreadsheet - you can always access it from any computer or device.
 * 1) The only dumb questions are the ones that aren't asked.
 * 2) Don't panic. You can't break it. We can fix anything. Almost
 * 3) Your brain will not explode. But it might just feel like it
 * 4) Listen approximately. Pedantic people are banned from future PLD
 * 5) Take notes - use a google doc if you are happy to share the responsibility with the rest of the group
 * 6) This is a technology workshop - whatever can go wrong, will. Handle it and be gentle on each other - and me ||
 * [[image:Goals.jpg width="141" height="103"]] || ===Skills===
 * uploading pictures
 * uploading videos
 * posting
 * inviting participants
 * personalising the look of the blog
 * adding widgets

Thinking
**Research**
 * why are we blogging?
 * whose blog is it anyway?
 * who will be using it - how and why?
 * how will you keep the momentum going?
 * involving the wider learning community?
 * blogging and qualitative assessment ||
 * [[image:tudor-rose/Industrial-Espionage-3-300x225.jpg width="120"]] Find other school blogs and see what they do. What bits do you like, what don't you like, will it give you the results you want?

**School Blog Examples**
Carlton School (Whanganui) Pukeokahu School (the principal who set this up has moved on so there is no new content) Hokowhitu School

**Kindergarten blog examples**
Geraldine Hunter Park Mairtown Check out the Morepork sequence of learning - Amazing! Also love the way the latest comments show on the right. We can set this up when you start to get parents hooked in. Nayland Another good one. I love the way the 'teachers stories' are done as a mihi. Could be a worthwhile thing for you to do too. Interestingly they don't use video... Botany Downs. These guys have a lovely page for inclusive education. And an amazing list of apps they use on their iPads. Manaia Kindergarten Blog ||

**Planning**
Use the skills and thinking we have developed this afternoon to create a map of the blog. ||
 * Working in teams, develop the concept of your class blog.

**Outcome**
Now that you know what you're doing, and have a plan, help each other to create amazing engaging blogs to start the year with.