What I Love About Blogger

Is that it is a great platform to host so many of the things I love to use in class.  It's a great way for me to customize a website for my classes.

Padlet -

Created with Padlet

Storify  -

Google Docs - Here is an example that I can link to from Docs.

The same is true with a TED Ed Talk.  I cannot embed it on Blogger; however, I can link to it to direct students there.

Finally, another thing I love about Blogger is that it allows me to embed Youtube clips.

Here is an example from a recent student presentation -




Here is an example of a video project one of my students created to prove Mark Bauerlein, author of The Dumbest Generation, wrong.




I also use Quicktime for presentations/powerpoints.  I will then export them to Quicktime and upload them to Youtube so my students who are absent can still get the notes and information.

Ten Ways to Start an Essay




To make them more interesting, I often (time permitting) first export them to iMovie, which allows me to add music.  Then I export them to Quicktime and upload it to Youtube.  Here is an example of a Keynote I developed years ago on using technology for digital creation and collaboration.