1. Flipping your Classroom using KidBlog

2. With a show of hands
How many Full Circle Technology classroom teachers are in here?
How many applied this year for the Full Circle Grant?
How much technology is available in your classroom?

3. What is KidBlog?

4. Getting started Go to KidBlog.org
Sign up for a 30 day trial (It costs $8 per month or $36 a year)
Click on Teachers

5. Setting up your class Click on Create Class
You will need to add your students into the class and give them a password. (one that is easy to remember)
All student passwords are the same for us. (book12)
If your partner teacher already has set up a class, then use the “join code” instead of giving students a separate login and password.

6. General Information
Click on the “K” (Dashboard) to see all your classes
You can change the avatar for each class.
KidBlog works best for you and your students in
Google Chrome. (You can install Chrome on your
device, but not student devices. This has to be done
by the district techs.)

7. Changing Class settings
General
Gives you the link you need to give parents
Themes
You change the look of the class with pictures
This is where you set up the “side bars” (links, notes, etc. that you always want students or parents to see)
Users
This is where you add students and set up the join codes
Privacy
Where you decide who can see your posts and see the comments
We have comments set to “be approved”

8. Creating a New Post Add a header. (related to what the post is)
Enter a title.
Fill in the post. Change fonts. Change colors. You can bold and underline, just like in other word processing programs.
You can hyperlink a web link to take students straight to the link.
You can upload pictures, files, or videos.

10. How do we use KidBlog? My Science instruction is completely paperless.
All assignments are “pushed out” to students via KidBlog
Students complete assignments via KidBlog
Students answer questions, write journal entries, research, watch videos and respond, read articles and respond in comments in KidBlog.

11. Kidblog in ELA and SS
ELA Anchor Charts
SS Essays

12. How do I use KidBlog in a First Grade Classroom?
Students can track the books they are reading using an Excel Survey.
Students can blog about the books they are reading.
The teacher and students can comment on blog posts about books.
KidBlog motivates my students not only to read, but to write and respond about what they are reading.

13. Logging into KidBlog with First Graders
Students go to our classroom website and click on the KidBlog tab to go to the login screen.
From there they find their name and log in using the secure password that I have set for them.

14. What they do…

15. Blogging about what they are reading…

16. Blogging about what they are reading…

17. Blogging about what they are reading…

18. Why KidBlog?
It does not depend on updates from the school district or technology department
Not as complicated as Schoology and other learning management systems
Everything is in one place without folders, links, etc.
You can have up to 200 student accounts
The students learn quickly to login, post comments, write new posts, change colors, avatars, etc. (They will actually teach you things.)

19. Why KidBlog? (according to KidBlog)

21. Questions???? Comments???