Blogs



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= What are weblogs or blogs? = =**BLOGS** **Use** : Use a blog to share original information that you feel will be useful for a wide audience. You can place links in other platforms as appropriate to your blog posts. = =**Ownership** :You are the master of your blog along with contributing editors and readers can participate by leaving comments. = =**Service I Use** : Blogger = =**Cost** : FREE for Everyone! = =**Example** : [|http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com] = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At its simplest, "A blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning //to maintain or add content to a blog." (<span class="aptureLink wiki_link_ext"> [|Wikipedia] )// The term weblog, or blog, was coined by Jorn Barger in 1997 and refers to a simple webpage consisting of brief paragraphs of opinion, information, personal diary entries, or links, called posts, arranged chronologically with the most recent first, in the style of an online journal. Blogging allows you to easily create a webpage with your own ideas and information. Other characteristics of weblogs include archives, a unique URL for each post (called a permalink), an RSS feed to syndicate the blog’s content, dated and time-stamped entries, the capability of the software to allow readers’ comments, and use of templates to assist in page design and layout. (See [|Parts of a Blog].) One who blogs is a "blogger."= = What makes blogs so popular? = Blogs are popular because they can be used in so many ways, from personal diaries to online portfolios to announcements to commentaries on politics and world events. They can be written, edited, and updated from any computer with Internet access at any time of the day or night. Through the ability to comment, readers of blogs can interact with the author, and with hot links, they can point to related sites and ideas.

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What is a blog?
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 * [|Blogger]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Ranked as the most popular by school library media specialists, you can create your own free blog with this hosted tool and be online today. A variety of settings, templates and features are available. You can even email your posts to the blog. Blogger is now part of the Google family of web applications.
 * [|EduBlogs]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> A free blogging tool for teachers and students. "Create, manage and moderate blogs for all your students with a minimum of fuss." Over 90 themes available, too. "All posts are automatically spell-checked, auto-saved (so you never lose that post you’ve been working on for hours) come with a complete feature rich editor (with optional plain text view), allow for simple uploading of images and other files, are podcast ready and have automatic YouTube, Google Video and more video insertion devices… and that’s just a selection."
 * [|Twitter]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> A popular microbloggling tool. You are limited to 140 characters when you post, and you follow the posts of others who are of interest to you. They may also recommend followers and soon you have started to develop your own personal learning network!
 * [|WordPress]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> (the hosted version) free with over 60 themes available and statistics provided.
 * [|Blogmeister]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Another full-featured hosted blogging system designed specifically for students and teachers. You can create a blog with individual student sub-blogs. Free, but you must request a school registration code. You can find class blogs by others on the site, too

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// Let the // [|//6 & 7 year olds from Room 9//] // at Nelson Central School educate you about // // what they think a blog is and why they love using them! // || ** Top 10 Reasons to Use a Blog in the Classroom ** ||
 * ** So What’s a Blog? **

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**Let’s Talk About Blogs**
 * How is a blog different from a website?
 * How is blogging different from other types of writing or online communication?
 * Why do you think you or your students might be attracted to this as a form of expression?
 * How might you use a blog in your classroom or for your professional development?
 * What obstacles might you face using blogs with your students?
 * The first step to being a good blogger is to be a good blog . . . . __ ?

**Education Professional Development Blogs** Will Richardson- A blog by Will Richardson [|Moving at the Speed of Creativity]- A blog by Wesley FryerGeneration Yes blog - programs provide youth the opportunity to improve education through technology. [|Blog of Proximal Development] - a blog by Konrad Glogowski Blogs about Educational Blogging - a wiki by Support Blogging.comThe Eighth Floor Blog - a blog written by The Eighth Floor Consortium instructors because you are dying to know what we think100 Helpful Websites for Teachers - Not all of these are actual blogs (scroll down to abt #41 to find blogs) but these are great sites worth sharing anytime.Top 10 Technology Blogs in Education - I follow several of these myself.InsideOut - Tulsa CommunityCollege blog for students TEACH 100 - A daily ranking of education blogs Teacher Lingo - an educational community of teacher blogs, lesson plans, and other resources.

**Classroom/Student Blogs** The KinderKids Blog PK-2 blogging award winner Webster High School blogMs Priddy, Webster HS English/Math BlogTipline tips on how technology can enhance teaching and learningAnn Smith, English Teacher, all her blogs! Mrs Perry's Classroom Blogs [|Mrs. Fine's Fouth Grade Gate] [|Elementary Writing] [|High School Sports Blog]AP Calculus AB Blog - an interactive log for students and parents. This ongoing dialogue is rich. [|The Good Habits Blog] (blog for students and teachers) [|Mrs Cassidy's Classroom Blog] (elementary) [|Blogical Minds](This is a blog created to explore what happens when 5th graders blog and converse about literacies in class and beyond)Leader Talk - group of education leaders/administratorsLittle Red Wagon - elementary (2nd grade) blog by Dr. Jill Steeley, Coweta, OK\\Summer Reading for Fun - Reading teacher Wanda ShoemakerClassroom Blogs - Powered by Blog Nation A List of top 50 Elementary BlogsCollege Student Geek Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher - Blending Learning and Technology in the Classroom ** Teacher Resources and Blogical Ideas ** Blog IdeasEducation Resources and Lesson PlansBlog Lesson Plans Blogging vs. Threaded Discussion

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**Check out the following education/safety focused postings and articles:** Web 2.0 is the Future of Education[|MySpace Education] [|Change Agency] [|BlogSafety.com] [|Blogs, Fair Use, and Paying to Play]

Blogger Edublogs WordPress ||  || ** Blogging Tips and Tricks :** Yes! - Student Blogs Allowed [|Science Blogs in Middle and HS classrooms] [|Web Blog Basics] [|Blogs - Anatomy] [|Blogs for Learning] E[|valuating Blogging] B[|logging Best Practices] [|Top 10 Blog Writing Tips] [|Use of Blogs in an Online College Classroom] Need A Blogging Rubric? How to Create a Blog on Blogger (video) || Resource: http://8thfloorwiki.wikispaces.com/What+About+Blogs%3F
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