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Tech Talk Tuesdays: Educational Blogging - Teaching Commenting and Encouraging Parent Participation

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Time: February 22, 2011 from 4pm to 5pm
Location: elluminate
Event Type: webinar, pd, networking
Organized By: Anne Mirtschin
Latest Activity: Feb 23, 2011

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It is with great delight, that Tech Talk Tuesdays welcomes Linda Yollis, Los Angeles, USA as our guest presenter. Linda was highly successful in the recent Edublogs Awards 2010:-
1. Winner of Lifetime Achievement 2010
2. First Runner Up of Best Classroom Blog 2009, 2010
Linda is responsible for a very successful and effective class blog called Mrs Yollis' Classroom and has written guest posts for the Challenge Yourself to Blog project. Her class created the "How to Compose a Quality Commenting video".
In this session, Linda will share the way that she approaches the all important commenting element of blogging and will also discuss how to get parents involved. Linda, from Los Angeles, USA, has been an elementary school teacher for 24 years. She is committed to meaningful integration of technology in the classroom and is passionate about educational blogging Don't miss this exciting session.
Here is the link to the recording

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Comment by Anne Mirtschin on February 23, 2011 at 9:44

What an inspiring session we had on blogging for this week's Tech TalkTuesdays with Linda Yollis. If anyone doubts the need for and value of blogging, this session is a MUST to view! Linda walked us through commenting on blogs, the value of comments and ways to teach students the need to make effective comments. Literacy and numeracy have all inbuilt into blogging. Linda also shared ways to keep students engaged and motivated with blogging, including guest posts from grandparents etc.

In the latter part of the session, Linda showed how she has made firm partnerships with parents and encouraged their participation in blogging activities - all of which has empowered the learning of her students.

Here is the link to the recording.

Following are some sites that Linda has shared with us