Day

Time

Equipment

Activity

Monday

10:00 – 10:30

Teacher Introduction

Brief Overview

Break Students into groups/classes

10:00 – 3:00

SmartBoard/Internet

1.       Ice Breaker Activity

2.       Organize Students into groups

3.       Talk about & assign roles for each group’s members

4.       Overview of Blogging Use DVD (provided)

5.       Visit Edublogs site

6.       Allow groups visit blogs to get ideas for theirs

Tuesday

9:15 – 10:00

SmartBoard/Internet

1.       Discuss sites they liked/disliked that they visited yesterday

2.       Blog Etiquette

3.       Internet Safety

4.       Discuss requirements for their group’s blog(reporting, pictures, Zoo, each member’s page

10:00 - Lunch

Break into groups (2-3 work on blog development/Theme) and (2-3 begin taking pictures and interviewing)

After Lunch – 2:00

Groups reconvene, Share, continue to work

2:00 – 2:45

SmartBoard

Each group share with class what they have accomplished that day.

2:45 – 3:00

Give the Boggers an idea of what they will be doing on Wednesday

Wednesday

9:15 – 10:00

SmartBoard/Internet

1.       Discuss and give visual of widgets, tags, links

2.       Cover Avatars using bitstrips PowerPoint(provided)

3.       Mention pictures and use of Picasa to be covered after lunch

10:00 - Lunch

1.       Change roles from yesterday(reporters and photographers work on computer and Designers become reporters and photographers)

2.       Create your personal avatar and begin your personal page

After Lunch (for 20 Minutes)

SmartBoard/Internet

Demo using Picasa

After Picasa demo until 2:00

Groups reconvene, Share, continue to work

2:00 – 2:45

SmartBoard

Each group share with class what they have accomplished that day.

2:45 – 3:00

Give the Boggers an idea of what they will be doing on Thursday

Thursday

9:15 – 10:00

SmartBoard/Internet

Discuss RSS Feed Show DVD(provided)

10:00 - Lunch

1.       Change roles from yesterday(reporters and photographers work on computer and Designers become reporters and photographers)

2.       Create your personal avatar and begin your personal page(for those who have not done this from yesterday)

3.       Begin connecting personal pages to main theme

4.       Visit other Blogging classes to see how their blogs are looking

After Lunch – 2:00

Groups work on Blogs, teachers assist where needed

2:00 – 2:45

SmartBoard

Each group share with class what they have accomplished that day.

2:45 – 3:00

Give the Boggers an idea of what they will be doing on Friday

Friday

9:15 – 9:30

SmartBoard

Remind groups of original expectations and discuss how and who will present their blog

9:30 - Lunch

1.       Change roles from yesterday(reporters and photographers work on computer and Designers become reporters and photographers)

2.       Groups work, Teachers assist where needed

After Lunch – 1:00

Final Touches on Blogs

1:00 – 3:00

Exhibition of Student Work