Sunday, March 13, 2016

Communication Tool #7 - Blogger



3- Awesome!
2-Meh
1-Not worth my time.
Efficiency(teacher)
Teacher can use it consistently throughout the year.
Teacher can use it somewhat consistently throughout the year.
A burden to use.
User Friendly (teacher)
Walks you through the setup or tutorials and quick and easy.
No tutorials but I can figure it out.
I’m registered.  Now what do I do?
Cost
Free
Some options are free or price is minimal
Not free or limited free functions.
Validity
Blogs: Updated weekly
Apps: High educational value
Blogs: Updated monthly
Apps: Some educational value
Blogs: Updated annually
Apps: No educational value
Safety
Privacy options
Limited privacy options
No options for privacy
DOK (Depth of Knowledge)
Effectively utilizes targeted DOK
Somewhat utilizes the targeted DOK
Doesn’t utilize targeted DOK
Monitoring Capability
Teacher can monitor and edit all student activity.
Teacher can monitor student content but may not edit.
Teacher can’t monitor all student content.
Permission (school)
Permitted
Needs IT permission
Not permitted
Student Use
Students would be lost without it!
Somewhat enhances student learning.
Does not enhance student learning.
User Friendly (student)
Students can quickly access content or desired tasks from home screen or search bar.
Requires a number of steps to get started and students sometimes need direction along the way.
Students can’t use independently or need constant direction when using.
Student Engagement
Kids love it!
Students use when prompted.
Students complain about using it.

Blogger
Blogger is a free blogging website.

Efficiency (teacher) - 3 A teacher could use this regularly, depending on the content area and particular teacher.

User Friendly (teacher) - 3 User friendly.

Cost - 3 Free.

Validity - 3 Since this is for the blogging website itself, this could have high educational value- depending on what the teacher does with it.

Safety - 2 There are some safety settings

DOK - 3 Again, this would depend on exactly what the teacher was doing with it.

Monitoring Capability - 3 The teacher can see exactly what is written.

Permission - 3 Permitted.

Student Use - 2 Students could get on without it.

User Friendly (student) - 2 Students will need help getting things set up.

Student Engagement - 2 Students do not seem partial to this particular site for educational purposes.

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