Norma+Blog+Lesson+Plan

=** Creating a Blog Lesson Plan **=

The following lesson will teach Nursing faculty how to create and use a blog to teach Nursing courses.

=Introduction= There will be an audio file describing a scenario of how a Nursing teacher is using a blog in her class

=Learning Objectives= At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: • Define and describe the features and functionality of a blog. • Identify the software platforms available to create free blogs. • Identify how a blog can be used in Nursing Education. • Create a blog. • Invite a colleague to post a message to your blog. • Post a message in one of the colleague’s blog. • Edit a post.

=Presentation of New Information=

What is a Blog?
• Students will click the [|Blogs in Plain English] to learn the concept of a blog.

Examples of how Blogs are used in Nursing Education
An effective use of blogs could be to post reflections on clinical site experience. A professor or classmate can provide feedback through a comment to deepen the knowledge and skills.

Students will click the following link to see an example of how Nursing professionals are using blogs: [|The Nursing Site Blog] Students will post their idea about how they would use a blog for teaching in the **Effective Use of Blogs in Nursing Courses** discussion board.

Blog Platforms
Two widely used free platforms are: • [|Blogger] • [|Wordpress]

Demos of Procedures for Creating and Editing a Blog and Posts
Students will use Blogger to create a blog. Before students can create a blog, they need to have a free account with Google. So, if they do not have a Google account, they go to www.google.com and create one. Students will view the following tutorials to learn a demo of the steps for creating and editing a blog: • ** Creating a Blog Demo to learn the steps on how to create a blog **. • ** Creating a Blog Post Demo to learn the steps on how to create and publish a post .** • **Editing a Blog Post Demo to learn the steps for modifying a post**.

=Assignment – Creating a Blog= After students complete the tutorials provided in this lesson, they will create their own blog. They are reminded to create a Google account if they do not have one. Below are the instructions to complete the assignment. • Go to www.blogger.com and create a blog. • Create one message. • Add an image to your post. • Add a link to a Website of your choice in your post. • Invite someone to review your entry and add a comment. • Post a comment in the blog of the colleague that invites you. • Publish you message.

=Assessment= Each step completed correctly is worth 1 point, for a total of 7 points. • Create a blog. • Create one message. • Add an image to your post. • Add a link to a Website of your choice in your post. • Invite someone to review your entry and add a comment. • Post a comment in the blog of the colleague that invites you. • Publish you message.