Blogging in Education
Teacher Leader
January 18, 2008
What is a Blog?
• “Web log”• Author can write, viewers can comment• Web page• Links• Personal blogs – vacations, etc. • News blogs – like Op-Ed piece• Narrowly focused blogs – celebrity gossip,
professional topics
Who Blogs?
• 8 million American adults are bloggers
• Blogosphere
• 27% of Internet users read blogs
• 12% of Internet users post comments
Blogs in Education
• Teacher Use:– Teacher webpage– Instructional tips– Classroom news for parents– Homework
• Student Use:– Reflective or writing journals– Reports– Interactivity with other students
Examples
• Curious Kindergartners• Ms. Ross’s Second Grade• Mrs. Cassidy’s Classroom Blog• Research Fun• Classroom Blog• Hetherton’s Blog• Schultz Center Blog
Blogging Services
• Blogger.com
• Blog.com
• Squarespace.com
• Blogstream.com
• Typepad.com
• Edublog
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