Using blogs in PE

Ideas:

• Keep a photo record on your blog of activities and events


• Get students to blog about competitions or tournements


• Get students to record their fitness levels on a blog to show the development of their skills


• Embed video demonstrations of different sporting skills so students can watch them from home etc..

Examples:

This teacher blogs about everything he will do with his students in PE weeks in advance so his students can prepare themselves and their parents can see what his plans are etc.. http://peatwilliams.blogspot.com/

This school records all its sporting activities on a blog http://downsviewpe.wordpress.com/

This teacher keeps a blog to share with parents information about his PE lessons and keep them posted about any sports related information they need to know. http://bcsd.k12.ny.us/middle/wood/Wood.htm

Using blogs in MFL

Ideas:

• Embed videos of different languages and ask students to commment underneath with thwa they think the translation is?


• Embed videos of you asking a question in an MFL and ask students to comment under your post with the answer to that question.


• Post revision work


• Post links to newspaper articles / stories to do with particular countries


• Create a blog for an MFL school trip for students to add to with their own photos, and comments (a bit like an online travel journal)

Examples:

This blog has a massive number of links to world sites, and has posted hundreds of pictures of MFL events / classes / trips for their students to enjoy http://www.gillottsmfl.com/

This German blog has links to revision activities, podcasts and other student work http://eggdeutsch.typepad.com/

Using blogs in GEOGRAPHY

Ideas:

• Upload posts about world events


• Upload revision questions & exemplar work


• Post links to newspaper articles about geography related topics


• Embed a weather report to your blog and even disaster reports so students can keep up to date on world issues

Examples:

This geography department in Guildford has a blog where they upload geography related news, weather incidents, revision tips etc.. http://thegeographydepartment.blogspot.com/

This geography blog also posts regularly about world events, and includes posts about the work their students are doing http://dolphinschoolgeography.blogspot.com/

Using blogs in MATHS

Ideas:

• Upload new or embed existing video tutorials of how to do maths activties such as rotating shapes, solving equations etc..





• Upload revision questions





• Post an equation and get students to comment underneath about how to solve it

Examples:

This teacher in India has a detailed blog showing lots of video tutorials and step by step written instructions on how to complete different maths tasks. She has won an award for her online teaching. http://mykhmsmathclass.blogspot.com/

This maths teacher blogs regularly on ideas for lesson plans in maths, and how to motivate maths students. http://misscalculate.blogspot.com/ It is mainly aimed at other teachers.

This blog does the same as the above one, gives ways of teaching maths, ideas, lessons, resources etc.. http://croitz.blogspot.com/

This site includes links to 25 different maths teachers' blogs so you can see other teachers around the world and how they use blogs http://www.onlinedegrees.org/top-25-blogs-for-math-in-the-classroom/

Using blogs in SCIENCES

Ideas

• Upload instructions for experiments along with video demonstrations on to your blog



• Upload links to articles about science

Examples:

The teacher at this school in the US blogs regularly about anything Biology related. She has a "shared" blog where she has used a particular setting to allow students within her class to post articles on to her blog too.. This means it is a shared creation. http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/

Using a blog to further your CAREER!

Ideas:

• Record your successes as a teacher eg, shows you've organised, conferences you've attended, difficulties you have encountered and overcome, meetings you've been to, exams results your students have achieved etc..




• Share your good practise ideas with other teachers both in your school and out of them.

Examples:

This English teacher uses his blog to record what he has done each week. For example he discusses books he's read, interesting videos he has seen about vocabulary, what his year 9's enjoyed, how he motivates students etc.. http://bgenglish.blogspot.com/

This Maths teacher uses his blog to give others ideas about how to teach maths. He includes motivational ideas, interesting lesson plans etc http://croitz.blogspot.com/

Using blogs in PSYCHOLOGY

Ideas:

• Upload revision tips for students



• Upload example essays / question papers



• Add links to articles and research that are relevant to your students

Examples:

This school in Nottingham do all of the things above, but mostly just use it for reminding students about deadlines, encouraging them to do revision and discussing currenty research / topics.http://psychology.nottinghamhighblogs.net/