La classe de Mme Homeniuk: November 2019

Friday 22 November 2019

KIDBLOG

What is a blog?

Blogs to check out:
Scholastic Kids Press
Childtastic: Blog about books
Mrs. Blakeway's Beyond Hello
http://ethancaba14.edublogs.org/

Blog Posts: What to blog about?
Guidelines/criteria generated in class
Idea Book brainstorm
Finding ideas and inspiration

Types Of Blog Posts

Though you can certainly have overlap and combine multiple types into one, there are 10 types of blog posts you commonly see on the web:

1. Reflection – Deep thoughts and self-reflection on what you’ve learnt or what you’re thinking about. Putting it all out there can really help organize thoughts and ideas. Yu-Liang Shih’s reflection post and Andrea’s reflections on camp demonstrate how this style can be used as part of a student blog.

2. How-to/Helpful – The classic ‘how-to’ essay can be enhanced with pictures, videos, and other media. Alkkarose created a tutorial on how to create DIY bookmarks.

3. Journal/Diary/Recount – This is a versatile style of post that’s great for reading logs, field trips, science labs, special events, study abroad, etc. Molly recapped the Potato Olympics held at her school.

4. News/Announcement – These posts aim to keep readers up-to-date with important information. RIP Dabbing by Arielle and Goodbye Grade 7 by Kaiya are announcement posts.

5. Marketing/Sales – Typically these are commercial style posts. Students could use blogs to advertise school events and fundraisers etc. The students at Auroa School made a video to promote their school.

6. Controversial/Debate/Editorial – This involves taking a stance on an issue, while backing up thoughts with facts and proof. Examples include: Sidd’s debate on cell phones in schools, and Jackson’s Kids Watch Too Much TV.

7. Reviews – Think Amazon or TripAdvisor reviews. Students can review lessons, field trips, videos, books, games and more. Thanumi reviewed three websites for creating animated videos.

8. Resource/Reference – These are similar to the how-to posts, but something people might bookmark and come back to again and again. Elise’s list of keyboard shortcuts and Brooklyn’s collection of life hacks.

9. Ongoing Series – Choose any of the above, but split it up into several shorter posts that get published over a set period of time.

10. Curation Posts – Sometimes people use a blog post or page to curate a list of resources on a particular topic. Refer to Curation: Creatively Filtering Content by Sue Waters for more information.