Overview
ITS has added a WordPress server to the arsenal of tools available for enhancing education here at UIS. WordPress is a popular blog publishing system that gives bloggers the power to have multiple contributors, control over the theme and layout, and many other great features. Integrating blogging into your course is a great idea for many reasons:
- Students are online so blogging is a great way to maintain communication even when they are out of the classroom.
- Blogging can be motivating to students and help to engage them in discussion, especially for those students who otherwise might not become active participants in the classroom.
- Blogs can be effective forums for collaboration and discussion.
Related Info: For an idea of how a WordPress Blog can be used in your classroom, check out the Instructional Support and Training Team’s Blog.
Website: http://www.uis.edu/informationtechnologyservices/iss/blogging.html
Tags: WordPress, Blogging
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
Support: Tulio Llosa, Kara McElwrath in the Media Lab (BRK 180)
Kara McElwrath
November 26, 2012