Are you ready to have your students blog? Here are a few tips to help get you started! 1. Introduce Skills Gradually Blogging requires students to become familiar with technology they may not have used in the past. Don’t expect them to be experts right away! Gradually introduce students to the environment and tools so […]
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In Microsoft Word 2010 or 2007, your students should be able to access a dictionary or the Bing search engine, when they click the Research command on the Review tab. If this feature is not working follow these ten steps to manually add Research Options in Microsoft Word. UPDATE 8/22/2022: TechnoKids continues to develop technology
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Foster a learning community! Engage your students by writing your own blog. Are you worried your students will not read your blog and it will be a waste of time? Make it a destination students want to visit. Give your students 5 reasons they need to visit your blog often: 1. Participate in Online Surveys
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Do you need to reduce the file size of more than one photo at a time? It is fast and easy to do a batch conversion of photos using Windows Live Photo Gallery. Windows Live Photo Gallery is a free program from Microsoft. If you have Windows 7 or 8 you can download this program.
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Since blogging is done online, there are some unique benefits for teachers that are not produced by other traditional writing assignments. Student blogs allow teachers to:
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The benefits to blogging go beyond writing the posts. There are numerous learning opportunities created by reading and commenting upon blog posts. This activity allows students to:
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Do you need teaching ideas for when you take your students into the computer lab? Great news! TechnoKids Inc. has free computer lessons for kids in grades K-12. Download them today! UPDATE: TechnoKids has free lessons for Google Docs, Office 2016, and Office Online. Each month TechnoKids Inc. will send you a free computer lesson.
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Blogging is a unique literacy activity that has many benefits. The process of writing posts allows student bloggers to: Become reflective learners. When students use a blog to share their ideas or reflect upon their work, it allows them to develop a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, values and beliefs, and identifies areas
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Are you looking for even more blogging activities? Here are a few more ideas: 1. Art Reflection Take a digital photo or scan a piece of artwork. Post the artwork to the blog. Have students reflect upon the creative process in a short paragraph. For example, they can identify the materials, outline the techniques used
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There are many ways that teachers can integrate blogs into curriculum. Here are a few ideas to get you started! 1. Blogger Empower students! Most bloggers are experts in a particular area. They write articles based on their experience. Encourage your students to recognize that their experience has value. Have them write a series of
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