Using social media to teach, Session 6: Blogging and podcasting in the classroom

Welcome to Blogging and podcasting in the classroom, Session 6 of Using social media to teach. In this session, you will learn how to create blogging and podcasting accounts. You will also learn more details about blogging and podcasting and look at how you can use them effectively in your classroom to improve learning outcomes.

By the end of the session, you will:

• be familiar with a brief history of blogging and podcasting
• be familiar with a brief overview of microblogging
• be able to talk educational uses of blogging and podcasting
• have created an account on the Blogger Platform
• know how to navigate the various Blogger Pages and Buttons
• know how to create a blog and blog posts
• have created a Spotify for Podcasters Account
• know how to navigate the various Spotify for Podcasters Pages and Buttons
• know how to create a podcast episode
• appreciate the importance of copyright
• understand what Digital Citizenship is
• appreciate the importance using blogging and podcasting in pedagogically sound ways
• understand four ways of evaluating a blogging-based lesson and a podcasting-based lesson
• have analysed lesson plans where blogs and podcasting are used

We will cover four key areas in this session.

1. An introduction to blogging and podcasting.
2. Getting started with blogging, where you will learn about the social medium and how to use it.
3. Getting started with podcasting, where you will learn about the social medium and how to use it.
4. Lesson plans using blogging and podcasting that we will analyse.

We suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.