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Blogging in the Classroom:
Reasons to start today!
- Increases student literacy
- Wider audience for student work
- Materials are "published" for parents and others to see
- Proper grammar and spelling are reinforced
- Opens discussion on variety of topics
- Provides students with opportunity to work on reading and writing skills
- Enhances student interaction
- All students are given a voice
- Students can share dialog on a variety of topics
- Collaboration on student projects increased
- Encourages student creativity
- Students can express their thoughts, ideas and visions with wider audiences
Blogging Professionally:
Reasons to have a professional blog;
- Share tips and tricks with other professionals
- Post and seek feedback on a variety of topics
- Express creativity and ideas within your expertise
- Reflect on recently explored topics
- Just for fun!
Websites to Create Blogs:
http://edublogs.org/ - Blogging site for educators and classrooms
http://kidblog.org/ - Safe and simple blogs for students
https://www.gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/blog/index.jsp - Filtered/safe blogs for students
http://classblogmeister.com/ - Blogging site for classrooms
http://wordpress.org/ - Great blogging site with simple interface
http://www.blogger.com/home - Google's blogging service
Resources for Blogging:
Blogs: Webs of Connected Learning - Article by Miguel Guhlin Tech and Learning July 2006.
Blogging in the Classroom - A blog post from Krista's Tech Tidbits.
Blogs on Educational Blogging - An extensive list of educational bloggers.
Embedit.in - Create embed code for blogs and wikis for files and URLs.
Student Blogging Guidelines - Great idea before getting students started with blogging!
Great Blogs:
http://kristascott.edublogs.org/ - My blog of course;-)
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ - Free tips and websites teachers can visit to enhance their classroom.
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ - David Warlick
http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/ - Blogging about the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ - Cool Cat Teacher (Vicki Davis) Blog
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ - Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
http://randyrodgers.edublogs.org/ - Randy Rodgers
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