Dan Hill's Blog – May 2016 Archive (3)

Best Practices in Educational Blogging

Guidelines/Norms

Just like most district’s AUP policies, blogging needs to be included.  With blogging just starting to come a mainstay in the educational realm, districts should review their policies to ensure blogging is included.  If not, students are going to take full advantage of “no policy.”  Just as with AUP’s, a blogging section…

21^st Century Classroom/Learner

What is a 21^st Century Classroom?  It is one unlike anything I grew up in.  When I was in school it was a teacher centered classroom.  The teacher was the instiller of knowledge and as a student we listened and soaked it…

1. 1.       This day in history.  The students could research an event from history and post about it.  No two students can post the same event, so it forces them to look into history.
2. 2.       Distance Learning.  If helps with the connection of students and teachers who are in the distance learning environment.…