Blogger Book Talk

Blogger Book talk

The learners will collaborate and discuss different books that are read in a K-12 Level and mini lessons that can go along with them on Blogger.

The learner will be able to Follow other users, upload their video, write a lesson plan, and comment on other users posts.  


My learners are students in Western's teaching program. They are also are in the IDT 285 course where they learn some basic knowledge about Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom.
The materials the students will need are:

1. A computer with internet access 
2. A video camera or a web cam
3. A Blogger account

 The learners are going to do a virtual Book Talk over a book of their choosing. They will record themselves giving a summary of the book, and along with a mini lesson plan for the book, post it to their Blogger account. They will then comment on other students blogs reflecting on the lessons and discussing the different ways they lessons could go.

Step-By-Step Procedures

1.  Pick out a book that you want to do a book talk on
2. Read the book
3. Record yourself with the camera or web cam giving a summary of the book
4. Load the video on the computer 
1. Make sure that it is in a .mov format
5. Log in to your Blogger Account
6. Create a new post on your blog
7. Upload the video to your blog and write out a mini lesson plan that goes along with the book
8. Post your video and lesson plan
9. When the other students have made their posts, comment on the book and how well the lesson fit. Offer suggestions or mention parts you really liked.

Assessment: The learners will have properly posted their videos and lesson plans, as well as written a proper lesson that correlates with their book of choice. They will also have written good and useful feedback to the other students doing the activity.

This is very helpful for new teachers because a lot of their resources are found online and they can collaborate with other teachers on lesson plans and assignments. They can also use this activity in their classroom, but instead of writing a lesson plan the students can talk about the major themes in the story as well as lessons that can be learned.