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.
Find More Blogs:
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.
To Create a Blog: 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.
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.
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
Read Edublogger's Introduction to Blogging
Find More Blogs:
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.
To Create a Blog:
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.
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.