Workshop+Two+-+Class+Blog

Wayne Arthur, Tracey Kerr-Aim, Jane Cox, Jacob Plummer, Emma Lockett, Annemieke Hart, Shane Cunliffe, Katie McKenzie.
 * In atendance: **

**Apologies:** Gareth Scholes

**Agenda:**

1. Discuss purpose and definition that has been drafted from last week.  Definition & Purpose - please make any changes additions to this document.

Googledocs - [|ePortfolios @ Tauranga Intermediate School]

2. Class blogging. What is it? What do we know?

Blogs in Plain English - youtube.com media type="youtube" key="NN2I1pWXjXI" height="390" width="480"

 Read the Netsafe Guidelines -  View some example blogs here:

 Interface Magazine 2010 Blog of the Year - [|The Ins & Outs]

//**Junior Blogs **// <span style="color: #6699cc; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [] <span style="color: #6699cc; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [] <span style="color: #6699cc; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [|http://room6cliftontceschool.blogspot.com/] //**<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Middle Blogs **// <span style="color: #5b739c; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [] <span style="color: #5b739c; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [|http://room12rbs.blogspot.com/] <span style="color: #5b739c; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [] //**<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Senior Blogs **// <span style="color: #5b739c; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [] <span style="color: #5b739c; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [|http://baileyrdteam17.blogspot.com/] <span style="color: #5b739c; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> [] <span style="color: #5b739c; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> []

//**<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19px;">[|MY BLOG TO DATE - TIS SPORT] **//

//**<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Moturoa - 5 Best Blogs in 5 Years... **// <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">**Our Best Five Blog Posts of the last five years....**

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">1. Our very first blog post- November 2005 []

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. Miriam shares her voice []

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. Learning our mihi with Melville Intermediate []

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">4. High Hopes with a school in Nevada []

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">5. My own Edublog- sharing my learning and practice []

I'm not going to put examples of bad practice here as cautionary tales- I'll show them to you on the day!

//**<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Class Blogs - Starting your own: **// <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">From today we want to get our own class. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Get started right here at <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Blogger] If you have used Blogger before that is great! If not this is a starting point for all of us. You can all access this as you have a google account and log in using:

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">username: gareths (your school username) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> password: (your school password) //**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">IF ALL OF THIS FAILS SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT. **//


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Below are some links to resources collected from Learning @ Schools 2011. Bling your blog - all you need to know right [|here!] To find support for your class click [|here]. **

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">TODAY YOU MUST REFLECT ON YOUR LEARNING... <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Click [|here] to add your reflectionsWhat is it...So what...Now what... **

//**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Your homework for this week is to begin reading... **// <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ministry of Education Guidelines - ePortfolios Guidelines for Beginners] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> If you could read through to the end of page 10, Section 6. Our next session is Week 7 Tuesday 15 March.