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 * INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR COLLEGE CLASSROOM**

I have built this presentation largely around the wonderful blog produced by Mrs. Linda Yollis and her third-grade class. [|http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com]

Dear Linda Yollis, to you I owe my deep gratitude. Dave Lambert


 * BLOGS: FIRST STEPS**

Let's watch this video: []

Setting up a Blogger Site (Karl Fisch) [] I got the link to Karl Fisch's excellent site from here: http://educational-blogging.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Tools

Blogger Help: Getting Started with Blogger []


 * BLOGS: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM MRS. LINDA YOLLIS' THIRD-GRADE BLOG**

Go to her regular blog. [|http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com]

Here is a new blog she just launched entitled The Reading Roundup. Let's watch the video. []

Check out these exciting student-produced blog posts on her regular class blog:

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Linda Yollis created a wiki to help people learn to blog. Check out each of her sidebar navigation links. http://educational-blogging.wikispaces.com/


 * BLOGS: COMMENTING**

Google Help article on commenting. []

Linda Yollis devoted one of her wiki pages to developing commenting skills. Let's work through several items on that page, especially her video. http://educational-blogging.wikispaces.com/How+To+Teach+Commenting+Skills

How can we best practice the art of commenting. a. on Linda Yollis' blog [|http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com] b. on my blog [] c. on another one we might select. Stamps Library by Liz Leahy, for instance. []

Should we set up a class practice blog? We will keep it private
 * CLASS PRACTICE BLOG**

Practice doing posts. Practice commenting on posts. Put in a Blog Roll Maybe put in a few widgets

Then we can move out to comment on other blogs.

Blogger permits up to 100 authors []

Keeping our blog private In Contents section, click on Privacy and Permissions: [] Under Blog Readers, check "only blog authors"


 * RSS (REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION) FEEDS**

Let's watch this video []

If some of this RSS business sounds new and strange, look at what is available already through APU web materials. Go to the bottom of the APU HOME webpage. []

Notice at the bottom left: RSS Click on that.

You get the following page: [] We will work with one of these feeds in a few minutes.

Click on "Learn more about RSS readers and subscriptions" []


 * GOOGLE READER ACCOUNT SETUP**

1. Let's set up our Google Reader account: [|www.google.com/reader]

2. Practice with an APU RSS feed:

APU Athletics—All Sports [] a. Put in the subscription Copy the URL at the top of this web page. Paste into your Google Reader. b. Take it off. Here is how to "unsubscribe" c. Put it back on for keeps

3. Add a blog for real: Mrs. Yollis Third-Grade Blog []


 * HOW TO FIND INTERESTING BLOGS**

Here are some ways you can determine what blogs/websites you might want to subscribe to:

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 * 1. Google Blog Search**

Use some of the following search terms:

Elementary school teacher First grade teacher Second grade teacher Sixth grade teacher Social Work High school English teacher Athletic Training

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 * 2. Google Search**

Use some of the following search terms:

Top blogs by category Top fitness blogs Top football blogs Top wedding blogs First grade teacher blog [etc.] High school English teacher blogs High school math teacher blogs


 * Here are some results that came from those search terms**

Social Work Blogs (Note the advertisement from APU at top left of the page) []

Teaching English with Technology [] Click on the section entitled "English teacher sites, blogs, and wikis"

Top 15 music education blogs []

Top 25 blogs for math in the classroom []

25 Best math blogs for students in the classroom []

Top 25 world languages blogs []

Top 20 art blogs for educators []

Top 25 creative writing blogs for students []

25 Best Chemistry blogs for college students []

Top Ten Graduate Student Blogs []

When you have a few good blogs you like, work your way through the Blog Roll of what that person selects.
 * 3. Blog Rolls**

Let's use Larry Ferlazzo's blog as an example of this process: [] Go to his Blogroll

As a further example, click on his first item: A Teacher's Life [] Notice her blog roll


 * 4. Websites**

Go to the website itself. Look for the RSS/XML thingy. Click on it. Copy the URL on the page that opens. Paste that URL into the ADD SUBSCRIPTIONS box in Google Reader.

Let's use a few examples from the //Washington Post//:

a. Washington Post main RSS Listing [] Go to the Sports section (scroll down about 75% of the way) Select feeds that might interest you.

b. On Faith webpage: [] On Faith RSS feed page []

c. On Leadership webpage [] On Leadership RSS feed page []


 * CHRISTIAN BLOGS PAGE ON OUR CLASS WIKI**

Let's do a "Christian blogs" wiki page on our class wiki

[I need to coordinate this endeavor with Liz Leahy and the wonderful blog she produces for the Stamps Theological Library] []

Annotate our selections sort of like these blog posting [] See the section on this next one entitled "For and By Women" []

How to figure out what to include:

1. Use your creativity and the four approaches I have outlined (Google Blog Search, Google Search, Blog Rolls, Websites themselves): 2. Search for your favorite Chapel speakers, pastors, etc. 3. Does Young Life, Campus Crusade, etc. have a blog you can follow? 4. How about Fellowship of Christian Athletes? 5. What Christian magazines can you follow: //Campus Life//, //Christianity Today//, etc.


 * RSS FOR RESEARCH**

APU librarian Kim Stephenson has put together a valuable and exceedingly clear LibGuide entitled: "How to use RSS Feeds from library databases." []