BP2_2010011_Educational Uses for Blogs

After looking through the Internet and online articles it occurred to me that posting the educational uses for blogs did not have to only include formal education. Many blogs are created that are not used for formal instruction in a K-12 or Higher education environment. The blogs have posts that include material one may learn just for learning sake. One blog in particular that has information on blogging for education is Scott Leslie’s blog EdTechPost. (Leslie, 2003) He has included the below graphic to illustrate possible educational uses for blogs. You may click on it to see a larger view.


Leslie, S. (2003)

Students can be anything from a 12-year-old child, librarian, college student, to a senior citizens reading the blogs just out of curiosity.

The Teaching Learning and Technology group puts together all in one blog/website articles on how to use blogs for education (http://www.tltgroup.org).

One blog referenced is Steve’s Genealogy Blog (TLTGroup, 1994). Using a blog to research one’s past is not a new idea but now we can use it for education.


(Danko, 2010)

Not only would this be a wonderful project for any student the idea could be expanded to have students do a blog on the genealogy on a prominent person in their history. The student would not only have to learn research techniques and history but also a little about themselves.

References

Leslie, S. (2003). Matrix of some uses of blogs in education. Retrieved January 08, 2010, from the EdTechPost blog site: http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2003/10/09/Matrix-of-some-uses-of-blogs-in-education/

Leslie, S. (Artist). (2003). Some uses of blogs in education, October 2003 [Graphic]. Retrieved January 08, 2010, from http://www.edtechpost.ca/gems/matrix2.gif

Teaching Learning and Technology Corp. (1994). Exploration Guide: Educational Uses of Blogs, Wikis, RSS Feeds, etc., Retrieved January 08, 2010, from http: //http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/blogs.htm#EducUsesResources

Danko, S. (Web Designer). Retrieved January 8, 2010, from: URL (http://stephendanko.com/blog/)