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on 2007-01-05 by ehoefler

Guidelines for teachers who blog

on 2007-01-22 by christyinsdesign

David Warlick's guidlines for teachers who blog

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For the sake of this article, we will look at three categories of blogging teachers:

  • independent teacher bloggers, whose writing is completely unrelated to their job with your school or district;
  • professional teacher bloggers, who write in their capacity as teachers in your school or district; and
  • instructional teacher bloggers, who blog as an instructional strategy, usually encouraging their students to blog, too.

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For the sake of this article, we will look at three categories of blogging teachers:

  • independent teacher bloggers, whose writing is completely unrelated to their job with your school or district;
  • professional teacher bloggers, who write in their capacity as teachers in your school or district; and
  • instructional teacher bloggers, who blog as an instructional strategy, usually encouraging their students to blog, too.

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Even though there is little a district can do to restrict independent teacher bloggers, you can help teachers to better understand the issues of blogging safely and responsibly.

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professional development is crucial to teachers, so that they understand how to use this rich communication tool as a reflective, pedagogical tool — not as a place to vent.

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For example, a list of blogging goals might include:

Teachers at Dreamland School District are encouraged to establish and publish through Web logs in order to:

  • Promote the school, district and education profession as a critical and successful community institution.
  • Establish productive communication between the classroom and home by providing ongoing information about instructional goals, expectations, policies and requests for support.
  • Provide students with information that will help them be successful learners.

To provide further assistance to teachers, the new AUP might include suggested blog uses

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It is also important to write or adopt a policy for student blogging activities. Establish and promote these guidelines within the instructional setting. They may be introduced as a code of ethics or a license to drive a blog, which students must read, discuss and illustrate an understanding of before they start blogging.

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Educators must acknowledge that new technologies that have emerged during the past few years will be a part of our students’ future. Ignoring or blocking these applications from our schools and classrooms is to relinquish our responsibilities as educators.

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