Blogs

=Blogs=

A **blog** (short for **web log**) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, that is updated with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or material such as images or video. Entries are displayed in reverse chronological order, so the most recent entry appears first. Readers have the opportunity to post comments to the blog.

Examples of Educational Blogs

 * 1) **Teacher blogs:**
 * [|Free Technology for Teachers]
 * Your Smarticles: middle school teacher shares ideas, often with links to student work and downloadable resources
 * [|Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites Of The Day] explains how he uses the sites to teach English Learners
 * Reflections of a Techie
 * 1) **Class blogs:**
 * Mrs. Adams' Third Grade Class
 * PDS 5th grade Math: students share math explanations
 * Ms. Mercer's Class 5th grade in Sac City USD
 * [|Blog, Blog Blog Blog, Blog Some More] English I class
 * Mrs. Huff's English classes
 * Fisch Algebra offers support resources
 * 1) **Student blogs:**
 * [|Rhiannon’s Blog] – Grade 2
 * [|Grace’s Blog] – Grade 7
 * [|Chemistry: It’s “Element”-ary!!] – Grade 10
 * 1) **Edublog Award winners**
 * [|The Edublog Awards website]

Read Edublogger's Introduction to Blogging

Scott McLeod has gathered several examples of educational blogs at his wiki Moving Forward, and organized them by discipline. People blog about lots of things besides education. 10 Ways to find Blogs You'll Love points to finding tools for all kinds of blogs.
 * Find More Blogs:**

[|Blogger] from Google is a good tool, but is often filtered at schools. Talk to your tech staff about unblocking a specific address for your blog.
 * To Create a Blog:**

[|Edublogs] offers free blogs //without ads// to educators creating a blog for educational purposes. Check out their Introduction to Blogging. They also offer extensive tutorials as well as specific advice for teachers who will have students posting to blogs. Follow these steps to set up your own edublog in minutes.

[|Gaggle.Net] and Blogmeister offer protected environments for student bloggers. The free version of Gaggle includes advertising; an ad-free subscription version is also available. [|Blogmeister] was designed by David Warlick with teachers and students in mind. The teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students' blog articles in a controlled environment.Blogmeister also has a Blogger's Pledge for students to sign. Warlick provides [|step-by-step instructions].