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Kids Blog: Collaborative Learning Tool

This document provides information about the Kids Blog web 2.0 tool that can be used to support collaborative learning. It lists the website address to access the tool, brief instructions on how to sign up and set up student accounts to create blog pages and update statuses. Potential positives of the tool include allowing free creative outlets, updating information, using the classroom as a server, and teachers having control over student blogs. Challenges include needing internet access, remembering login information, and costs after the free trial. Specific ideas are suggested for how different grade levels and subjects could utilize the tool, such as students tracking meal plans or fourth graders creating and tracking progress on SMART goals.

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Kids Blog: Collaborative Learning Tool

This document provides information about the Kids Blog web 2.0 tool that can be used to support collaborative learning. It lists the website address to access the tool, brief instructions on how to sign up and set up student accounts to create blog pages and update statuses. Potential positives of the tool include allowing free creative outlets, updating information, using the classroom as a server, and teachers having control over student blogs. Challenges include needing internet access, remembering login information, and costs after the free trial. Specific ideas are suggested for how different grade levels and subjects could utilize the tool, such as students tracking meal plans or fourth graders creating and tracking progress on SMART goals.

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Web 2.

0 Tools to Support Collaborative learning

Read the directions in Blackboard on how to complete this sheet.

   

MY NAME: Reagan Stone

Name of the tool (Presenter shares this info) Kids Blog

Where to access this tool (web address) (Presenter [Link]


shares this info)

Brief instructions of how to use the tool (please 1. Sign up for 30 day free trial
number these) (Presenter shares this info) 2. Create teacher login
3. Begin setting up students accounts to create pages
and update statues.

4 Positives and 3 challenges of using the tool Positives: Challenges:


(Presenter shares this info) 1.  Free creative 1.  Internet access
outlet  2.  Knowing your
2.  Updated login information
information 3.  Cost (After 30
3.  Classroom server day free trial)
4. Teachers can take  
control over student
blogs

Together with your group BRAINSTORM  1. Used for Middle and high school students to keep
specific grade level/subject matter ideas for how the track of meal plans and FITT principles. Students
tool can be used in PK-12. Add as many numbers as could commnet encouragement and students have
you need to (e.g. 1-3 if you have 3 members in your quick access to updated class status.
group or 1-4 if you have 4). One idea per peer. You 2. 4th grade classes can create SMART goals and
should do this DURING your conversation. use this tool to keep updated track of their goal
and what they are doing to work towards their
goal.

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