Reasons to blog in school Jackie Schneider May 2015
Reasons to blog in schoolJackie Schneider
May 2015
To improve teaching and learning by
• Building relationships
• Connecting my students with the world beyond school
• Retaining my sanity (or CPD)
Through the blog we• celebrate young musicians
• reinforce and extend lessons
• give kids access to professional musicians
• provide a platform to showcase our classwork
• keeps work alive between lessons
• Gives pupils a ‘genuine’ voice
Builds relationships
• with the children
• with other class teachers in school
• with parents
• with musicians
• with other music educators
First Rule of Blogging:
Know what you want it for.
Getting started
• Know what you want
• Search blogosphere
• Tackle e safety head on
• Identify audience
• Consider using twitter
photopeach
Tellagami
Photos for class
Great free tools
Top tips
• Little and often
• Quick and dirty
• Creative commons - don’t steal!
• Make blog part of school life
• It’s not “extra” work - it IS the work!
Contact me• Email @[email protected]
• On twitter @jackieschneider
• via the blog http://stteresasmusic.academyblogger.co.uk/
• Via my teacher blog https://primarymusicmatters.wordpress.com/