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Detail: Find 2 or 3 educational blogs you could use to model to your class as example or effective blogs. Post a link to the blog, with a brief review, noting age group/stage and what content and features make it a good model for your students.
1. http://www.yummymath.com
YummyMath is advertised as a real-world blog that provides students and teachers with maths problems that related directly to their world and current affairs. Due to the somewhat difficult nature of the content on this blog it is generally aimed at higher stages so in a primary environment this would be appropriate for stage 3. As an example for students when modeling a blog, Yummymath provides a simple structure that focuses content on relevant, yet different, situations that engage readers.
2. http://clevercookies.edublogs.org
As an example of a wide ranging, multi-focus blog, Clever Cookies is a good example of incorporating different types of new literacies into one coherent stream. This blog could be used as an example for most stages within a primary context though the multiple embedding of different source videos may prove more appropriate for years 3 and up. This would be an good example to show to students when creating a whole-class (rather than KLA-specific) blog as it manages to engage the reader while displaying a large variety resources for discussion.
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