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Three Ways to Turn Your Blog Into a Book

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIswj7lRhku02DiOnyUvuByGlYGbxCtyTuwjWVFvKnLJpYGBEJ8rR9rY07rn4ICTAJutVWxyRM-WGNt-Xs4OjXC6762tX7bflBhF55Y-KaM4u1DWy2MNAEPw3kLWs_78-l5uOFE1yLzsk/s1600/book-92771_150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIswj7lRhku02DiOnyUvuByGlYGbxCtyTuwjWVFvKnLJpYGBEJ8rR9rY07rn4ICTAJutVWxyRM-WGNt-Xs4OjXC6762tX7bflBhF55Y-KaM4u1DWy2MNAEPw3kLWs_78-l5uOFE1yLzsk/s1600/book-92771_150.jpg" /></a></div> The end of the school year is quickly approaching. If your students have been blogging all year one way to show them, their parents, and others how much they've written is to turn the blog into a book. Here are a few methods for turning a blog into a book. 1. If you have a relatively small number of posts (25 or so) you could just copy and paste the text into a Word, Pages, or Google Drive document. Then you can export it as a PDF and or print it. 2. <a href="http://www.blogbooker.com/index.php">BlogBooker</a> is a free service that allows you to turn your the contents of your Blogger blog into a PDF. Using <a href="http://www.blogbooker.com/index.php">BlogBooker</a> is a fairly straight-forward process. <a href="http://www.blogbooker.com/index.php">BlogBooker</a> walks you through each step of the process except for the very first step which might sound a little too "techy" for some Blogger users, but it's actually quite easy. The first step in using BlogBooker is to export the contents of your blog as an XML file. This is actually easy to do in Blogger. Step one is to open the "settings" menu of your Blogger blog. Step two is to select "export blog" under "basic" menu. Step three is to click "download." Don't worry, exporting the contents of your blog will not remove any content from your blog. After you've completed the export process, jump over to <a href="http://www.blogbooker.com/index.php">BlogBooker</a> and follow their directions for completing the transition from XML file to PDF. 3. <a href="http://anthologize.org/">Anthologize</a> is a free WordPress plug-in that allows you to take your posts and arrange them into an ebook. <a href="http://anthologize.org/">Anthologize</a> features a drag and drop interface for arranging the layout of your ebook.  <a href="http://anthologize.org/">Anthologize</a> will only work for self-hosted blogs not on WordPress.com blogs. <div class="blogger-post-footer">This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a> . Come learn with me at the <a href="http://practicaledtech.com/2013/04/08/come-to-the-practical-ed-tech-summer-camp/">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp</a>. </div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=ghQAjdmTinA:Ra5s6nBdmqk:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a> </div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/ghQAjdmTinA" width="1"/> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/ghQAjdmTinA/three-ways-to-your-blog-into-book.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

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Three Ways Students Can Explore Space From Their Desktops

Someone recently emailed me after reading <a href="http://www.android4schools.com/2011/12/31/use-google-sky-to-know-what-youre-looking-at-tonight/" target="_blank">this post about Google Sky for Android</a> to ask if there were similar tools available for use on laptops. The answer is yes. Here are three tools that students can use to explore space from their desktops. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6QdHH6jLyYD2lK6e__Q6ZsQeaADxNmu51ikSZ-Znrn9uXTux9vNOpu0cAdQLbCX0l_3IcghiqagNIws6aNFtvmodd6aauuIJxXLjCfq9aHrvXOhFsF3F8mYI2ih36hN7hz82uHOWsEg/s1600/space-54999_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6QdHH6jLyYD2lK6e__Q6ZsQeaADxNmu51ikSZ-Znrn9uXTux9vNOpu0cAdQLbCX0l_3IcghiqagNIws6aNFtvmodd6aauuIJxXLjCfq9aHrvXOhFsF3F8mYI2ih36hN7hz82uHOWsEg/s1600/space-54999_640.jpg" width="530" /></a></div> The <a href="http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/" target="_blank">Microsoft WorldWide Telescope</a> makes very detailed, high resolution images (scientific quality) from space available to anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection. The goal of the WorldWide Telescope is to enable users to use their computers as virtual telescopes. The WorldWide Telescope can be downloaded and run on Windows-based computers. Mac users will have to use the web client to access the WorldWide Telescope. The <a href="http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ExperienceIt/ExperienceIt.aspx?Page=Educators" target="_blank">educators page</a> on the WorldWide Telescope site has lesson resources and ideas for middle school and high school use. <a href="http://www.shatters.net/celestia/index.html">Celestia</a> is a free space exploration simulation program. Celestia is a free download that works on Mac, PC, and Linux systems. The advantage of <a href="http://www.shatters.net/celestia/index.html">Celestia </a>over other satellite imagery programs is that in addition to seeing the Earth's surface, students can zoom in on moons, stars, and planets. The user controls what they see. Operating the program is easy enough to be used by students as young as six or seven. The user guides for <a href="http://www.shatters.net/celestia/index.html">Celestia</a> are very thorough and available in four languages. There is a companion website to Celestia called the <a href="http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/">Celestia Motherlode</a> that features add-ons to Celestia and educational activities that teachers can use in their classrooms. <a href="http://www.google.com/sky/">Google Sky</a> allows you view images of space in your web browser. <a href="http://www.google.com/sky/">Google Sky</a> offers great images of outer space captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and the <a href="http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/2008/02/free-technology-for-teachers-skyserver.html">Sloan Digital Sky Survey</a>. <a href="http://www.google.com/sky/">Google Sky</a> has images that have captured x-ray and infrared wavelengths. The <a href="http://www.google.com/sky/">Google Sky</a> web browser also has some more basic images in a collection referred to as "backyard astronomy."  <div class="blogger-post-footer"> Come learn with me at the <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/04/come-relax-and-learn-with-me-this-summer.html/"">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp.</a> This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a> .</div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=KAZfsvKkeRI:a65BPya4GEE:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a> </div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/KAZfsvKkeRI" width="1"/> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/KAZfsvKkeRI/three-ways-students-can-explore-space.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

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5 Ways to Blow the Top Off of Rubrics

This is a guest post from Shawn McCusker of EdTechTeacher.org which is an advertiser on this blog.  Do you have a rubric for that? Rubrics, designed to help teachers grade fairly and convey their learning objectives and performance standards to students, can serve a critical role especially with technology-rich projects. Teachers also like them for standardizing grading among teachers teaching the same course. At their best, rubrics firmly establish a minimum standard for learning and product construction. At their worst, rubrics become a recipe that can lead to all students producing the same product. In these cases, creativity and the development of unique products become a casualty to tightly constructed standards. <blockquote> "If you assign a project and get back 30 of the exact same thing, that's not a project, that's a recipe." - Chris Lehmann</blockquote> Especially with 1:1 or BYOD classrooms, where individualized learning should be the norm, this is a huge potential problem. In these classrooms, it is still important to effectively convey the learning objective. However, it is the rare rubric that both provides guidance as well as addresses the task of grading the widely varying assignments generated when students have real freedom to choose what they create. <blockquote> “Individualized instruction is a method of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education" target="_blank">instruction</a> in which content, instructional technology (such as materials) and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner” via Wikipedia</blockquote> Rubrics can become barriers to creativity and fall short when they provide a stopping point - where, once each component is checked, the assignment is done and learning and creation stop. There is incredible power in letting students pursue their interests and express their creativity. The products that result from this pursuit of passion and interest will always stand out when placed next to those created through a sense of duty and obligation. Placing a list of “have to’s” at the top of a rubric is like building a wall at the bottom of a slide. It completely destroys the ride and subverts the joy of the creative process, providing an off-switch. The way teachers assess individualized learning needs to be adapted in consideration of this. <blockquote> “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in the creative art of expression and knowledge.” Albert Einstein</blockquote> Blow the top off of your rubrics to encourage students to keep pursuing their learning. Leave the basic level standards in place to help students meet the assignment’s objective and support students who need more structure, but then create a rubric with a blatant challenge and ample encouragement for students to push themselves beyond the basic requirements.   5 Ways to Blow the Top Off of Rubrics: <ol> <li>One of my favorites is to modify the definition of an “A” to include this language: “A project that in some way redefines the teachers definition of excellence.” The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4YlOyugato&list=PLNo_lo06R6hq_0qk2-tBNirje_CF4tGoR" target="_blank">video</a> below is an example of a student who did just that: she could have submitted a Venn diagram for this project but chose instead to do this RSA style video. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/E4YlOyugato" width="520"></iframe></li> <li>Where possible, eliminate simple checklists from your definition of “Exemplary”. Students who are given a checklist will do just that, check off the list. When everything is checked, their minds will tell them that they are done. That is not how excellence is created.</li> <li>Avoid having too many rules and extraneous limits in your rubric. Making too many restrictions stifles creativity, and makes students nervous and cautious. Stick to standards that make the learning objectives clear without being overwhelming. Rubrics don’t need to reaffirm every standard of work established over the course of the year.</li> <li>Use language that supports taking creative risks. Encourage “Daring” and “Unique” work. Charge students with something more than simply meeting or exceeding a standard. Often rubrics can sound too clinical, use rubrics to issue a challenge.</li> <li>Allow room for mistakes and errors in excellent work, especially where new tools and technologies are concerned. Creativity takes time to polish, and overly punitive standards can make students feel that creative risks aren’t worth their effort.</li> </ol> Rubrics have been a valid and effective tool for teachers to evaluate both a student’s process, as well as their products, and can remain so if they are adapted to fit within the models of freedom and creativity. Like a fence, rubrics can keep students confined to a learning objective, but where excellence is concerned, make sure that the gate is left open. Ultimately, the goal is to allow for creative projects that you can’t imagine, but that your students can.   Shawn will be one of the lead instructors at our Summer Workshops in <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/summer-workshops/chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a> and <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/summer-workshops/boston" target="_blank">Boston</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"> Come learn with me at the <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/04/come-relax-and-learn-with-me-this-summer.html/"">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp.</a> This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a> .</div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=3aGf_w094dc:42Hx30k5kkE:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a> </div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/3aGf_w094dc" width="1"/> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/3aGf_w094dc/5-ways-to-blow-top-off-of-rubrics.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

5 Ways to Blow the Top Off of Rubrics

This is a guest post from Shawn McCusker of EdTechTeacher.org which is an advertiser on this blog. Do you have a rubric for that? Rubrics,...

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