A blog can be a fantastic teaching tool to use in a flipped classroom

1. A blog can be a
fantastic teaching
tool in a technology
integrated
classroom
(revised)
By Fiona Beal
fiona@schoolnet.org.za
http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com

2. 1. Use Box.net
(http://box.net) or
Google Docs to link to
documents you wish to
share.

3. *For example
Stored in Box.net:
Stored in Google Docs:

4. 2. Use Embedit.in to link
to documents you
have created
Embedit.in is a fantastic application that allows you
to embed all sorts of different documents on your
blog by creating an embed code.

5. *For example

6. *Go to http://embedit.in

7. *Go to My embeds and sign in using one of your accounts – I use
my Google account

8. *Go to Select Files and find the file you want on your computer.

9. *Copy the embed code into your blog post

10. *Make sure you put it into the HTML part of the blog post

11. *This is the result.

12. 3. Use Slideshare.com
for more detailed
instructions
Slideshare is a fantastic way to present a ebook type
of instruction to a class. You create each page in
PowerPoint.

13. For example…

14. *Go to Slideshare.com, join and click on Upload to find the
Powerpoint or PDF you want to use.

15. *When your document appears click on embed to get the code
to add to your blog in the HTML section of the post.

16. *Here is the embed code

17. 4. Use Screencasts to
explain something
more complicated
My favourite screencasting programme is
definitely Screencast-o-matic

18. *Join and log in. Start recording by following the instructions.

19. *This is what it looks like when you are finished. You can embed
it, upload it to YouTube, or download it as a movie file.
This is a
screencast
with voice

20. 5. Use verbal
instructions on your
blog using
Vocaroo.com
Vocaroo.com is so easy to use. You can
download the result as a .wav file, or you can
simply embed it in your blog.

21. *Join Vocaroo.com, click to record and start speaking when
prompted.

22. *Paste the embed code into your blog

23. *This is the result

24. 6. You can easily add
videos to your blog
whether created or
embedded

25. 7. One of the very useful
aspect of a blog as a
teaching tool is that
your students can
comment underneath
each post and you
can easily reply to
their comments.

26. These are just a few of the ways you can make
your blog a great teaching tool. What’s more
they are all free! Perhaps you have tried out
others that you would like to share?