What is a blogroll, you ask?
A blogroll is a list of hyperlinks that are your recommendations to other websites you find beneficial. A educational blogroll might point students to various sites that may be helpful to learning or reviewing specific content. Teachers at FMS, for example, might want to add a link to their Schoolnotes page. Let's face it! We have many websites we would like to recommend to our students, and this is one place to begin.
A good example of a Blogroll is on this blog. Notice how we have our teacher blogs listed in one Blogroll and blogs to explore in another. Visit Mrs. Sprinkle's Classroom Blog to view how she has her Blogroll set up into different categories. Ms. Ward's blog also has a 'related links' blogroll on her class blog.
Activity 1-Setting up your Blogroll
For Edublogs, under Appearance in side bar on the left, click on Widgets. Click and drag the Links (grey bar) over into your Sidebar. You will then be to click on the Links tab on the left side of your screen. You will then see 'Edit,' 'Add New,' and 'Links Categories.' You will then be able create categories for your blog roll, including 'favorite links' and 'blogs.' After you create your categories, you will then be able to add them to your Blogroll. To add a new website or blog, click on 'Add New,' type the name of your websites, and copy and paste there web addresses.
For Blogger, go to Design, go to Add a Gadget, go to Blog List and click the plus sign. You can change the name of your Blogroll if you like. You will then add titles and copy and paste or type in web addresses of your favorite blogs.
For Blogmeister, DIRECTIONS WILL BE ADDED BY TUESDAY, MARCH 22.
Activity 2-Now add at least 5 of your favorite classroom websites to this blogroll.
Activity 3-Create a new post on your blog telling about your blogroll. Encourage visitors to visit at least one link you have posted.
Activtity 4-Leave a comment on this post describing how you think a blogroll can be useful to your students or others that may visit your class blog.
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I think I may be the only one using classblogmeister. Is the related links section the equivalent to the blogroll? I see that is what Ms. Ward has on her site.
Yes, Courtney, I am pretty certain Mrs. Ward stated it was.
I think that the blogroll can be really beneficial for students who like to explore. Giving them some 'safe' places to search is a benefit. Also, it allows students to view our class blogs as a resource for new information, as well as a way to communicate with others.
I love this section of my blog, because it is one place I know my student's are visiting! It will encourage them to actually use my schoolnotes and portaportal, along with checking out other teacher's blogs and related sites!
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