Overview of Blogs and Edublogs Prepared By Tan

Overview of Blogs and Edublogs Prepared By: Tan Yuh Huann Research & Development Section, TFL Branch, Educational Technology Division

What is a Blog? • Weblog; Web + Log (coined by Jorn Barger, 1997) • Online Journal or Diary – Single/Multiple authors/subjects – Time/date-stamped – Reverse chronological order • Edublogs = Blogs in Education Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Benefits of Edublogs • Teachers’ Perspective – Self-Directed Learning • Teacher as the facilitator, mentor and co-learner – Constructivist Learning • Reflections posted, shared among peers • Learn from others’ reflections Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Benefits of Edublogs • Teachers’ Perspective – Collaborative Learning • Group blogging – Authentic Writing • With an audience, for an audience – Promote Reflective Practice Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Benefits of Edublogs • Students’ Perspective – Sense of ownership – To learn from fellow peers – Time/room for self-reflection Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Some Examples • Educator’s blogs – A Teacher/Principal’s blog • A writer’s blog • A ‘Magazine’ Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

A quick glimpse Ways to use blog in education (http: //anvil. gsu. edu/Edu. Blog. Insights/2004/10/05) Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Freely available blog creation/hosting sites • Blogger http: //blogger. com • Live. Journal http: //www. livejournal. com/ • MSN Spaces http: //spaces. msn. com Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Other blog engines/host • Movable Type http: //www. movabletype. org/ • Manila http: //manila. userland. com/ • Type. Pad http: //www. typepad. com/ Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Edublog references /resource websites • weblog-ed – the read/write web in the classroom http: //www. weblogg-ed. com • Edu. Blog Insights - Comments, Reflections and Occasional Brainstorms http: //anne. teachesme. com/ • Edu. Blog. NET - converging edublogs from a singaporean teacher's perspective http: //edublog. net Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium

Thank you Overview of Blogs and Edublogs 28 th Oct 2005 @MOE Edutorium