Links to sites used in the presentation:
- blogdemo.malartu.org
- econproph.com
- jimluke.com
- macro.econproph.net
- econhist.econproph.net – 2012 Student Projects
- Madonna U. Gerontology
- WordPress.com
- Malartu.org
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Thirty Uses for What can be done with a blog!
- Resources for courses: one place, persistent
- Syllabi and book lists: past, present, future
- Organize resources with categories, tags, links, search
- Public calendar office hours.
- Teaching portfolio.
- Up-to-the-minute CV.
- Discuss handouts or homework with students.
- Link & comment on news/web items by course or topic. —no more handouts.
- Host online discussions
- Create a class publication
- Get your students blogging Integrate multimedia of all descriptions
- Store podcasts, videos, mp3’s, ppt’s
- Create a fully functional website
- No Wait! More Ideas!
- Broadcast to reminders to students via RSS, Twitter, Facebook, text.
- Heck, build a course!
- Make a professors life easier
- All Resources for courses in one place with persistent storage and URL’s
- Link & comment on news/web items by course or topic.
- No more handouts.
- Organize resources with categories, tags, links, search.
- Discuss handouts or homework with students (non-graded)
- Program or course news.
- Special tutorials or help.
- Single point of contact.
- Broadcast to reminders to students via RSS, Twitter, Facebook, text.
- Store podcasts, videos, mp3’s, ppt’s
- Embed videos & documents
- Get students blogging & writing
- Heck, build a course!
How a Blog Saves Time:
- Create/edit once, one place.
- Multiple courses instantly current via links
- Quick log-in, posting tools
- No html or files needed
- Tagged for retrieval
- Available anywhere
- Answer questions once
Susan Halick
October 15, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
Thanks for the session Jim!
I’ll have to come back to this post to read the 30 uses.