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

Let’s Blog!

savagep@schultzcenter.org