Blogging and Podcasting as Evidence of Learning is a series of BYOD sessions to explore the creation of teacher or student websites, blogs, podcasts, etc. This could be a methodology for teachers to expand their professional learning networks (PLN), or have their students showcase/portfolio their learning.

Participants should bring a plan, theme, or topic for how they want to focus your blog or podcast. We will use a workshop model and template for brainstorming and designing your project(s). Once participants have a plan for what they’d like to create, we will work towards creating a foundation of content to meet this goal. We will begin with blogging, and transition into podcasting.

In subsequent sessions, we will have discussions around focusing content and aligning with goals. We will also develop rubrics for assessing student objectives, explore sharing/publishing content, curating work in a portfolio to show evidence of student growth, etc.

Meeting dates:

• Thursday, February 6 - Zoom Conference Call
• Thursday, March 5 - Zoom Conference Call
• TBA- In-person Meeting (time and place to be determined by participants)

Facilitator: Kirstin Smith is  an Apple Teacher and PBS Digital Innovator who is an educator and literacy specialist in the Lockport School System. She has been producing an edtech blog for over five years, EdTechInspired.com. She enjoys integrating literacy with STEAM and has presented on related topics at local, national, and international conferences.