benchmarks
Weekly Benchmarks
Week 1 (Jan 14-20)
Week 2 (Jan 21-27)
Week 3 (Jan 28 - Feb 3)
Week 4 (Feb 4 - 10)
Week 5 (Feb 11 - 17)
Week 6 (Feb 18 - 24)
Week 1 (Jan 14-20)
I have
...
added myself to the group
database
added my photo to our
Yahoogroups album
and set my mailing preferences
posted a message to the
group
introducing myself
replied to at least two introductions posted to the group
learned who make up
The Blogging Team
.
added my photo and message to the group
attendr
.
answered the introductory
survey
.
read
What Exactly is a Blog Anyway?
.
posted to the
group blog
explaining how I understand the difference between blogs, wikis and websites.
reflected upon my experience and my future blogging on our
group blog
.
chatted with some of my partners in
WiziQ
.
Week 2 (Jan 21-27)
I have
...
checked the
Blog glossary
.
succesfully completed the
Crossword Puzzle on Blog Jargon
watched the video
Blogging in Their Own Words
and posted a comment to the group
blog
created an account in
Blogger
or
Edublogs
written my first post and included my blog URL in the Yahoogroups Links Area. (
Participants'Blogs
)
checked the suggested Blogs and links of the Week at
pageflakes
attended Bee Dieu's Presentation -
Social Media in English Language Teaching
Week 3 (Jan 28 - Feb 3)
I have
...
watched the video
"RSS in Plain English"
r
ead the article
The Technology of Reading and Writing in the Digital Space: Why RSS is crucial for a Blogging Classroom
by David Perry
reflect
ed
on
my understanding about RSS in my blog.
c
hecked our Participants' blog posts on
Pageflakes
and comment
ed
on the RSS topic in, at least, one blog.
set up my Aggregator
-
Google reader
or
Pageflakes
added other
participants' blogs
to my aggregator
checked some participants' blogs and commented on them
read the
the reasons for tagging
by Ms. Durff and the concept behind the
Writingmatrix project
watched the video
Writingmatrix
and asked any questions related to tagging in our group
blog
written a post in my blog and tagged it
blogging4educators
and
b4echallenge
checked
Technorati
for new posts that had been tagged
blogging4educators
and
b4echallenge
attended the live session
Tags, RSS and the writingmatrix
at
WIZIQ
Week 4 (Feb 4 - 10)
I have
...
watched
Konrad Glogowsky
's presentation
visited our blog to read
Konrad's introduction
and the post has written for our session
read
Paul Allison's experience
with his class
written a post or inserted an audio file in my blog with my reflections on the topic
tagged my post
edublogtalk
added a sound file to my blog
edited my blog sidebar links
added a widget to my template
shared my favorite tools
on our blog
attended the live session
Blogging with the WoW2.0
at
WIZIQ
attended the live session
Edublogtalk at
WIZIQ
Week 5 (Feb 11 - 17)
I have
...
read the following blog posts
Rationale for Educational Blogging
,
Why Comments Count
and
Creating Passionate Users
annalyzed the suggested blogs and blog entries and shared my reflections in the group
Blog
helped the group improve the
list of Blogging Principles and Practices
written a blog post with an idea for a blogging activity for my students
accessed other
participants' blogs
and left comments about the suggested activities
watched the live session with guest speaker
James Farmer
Week 6 (Feb 18 - 24)
I have
...
made a blog project plan for the year 2008
posted my project plan to my blog
replied to two projects posted by other participants
made adjustments in my blog project when necessary
answered the session evaluation
survey
answered the EVO final
survey
joined the session graduation ceremony