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B is for Blogging

 

Jennifer L. Wagner

Online Project Coordinator

 

 

Blog?  What is that?

Pronunciation:  \ˈblȯg, ˈbläg\

Function:  noun  (or is it a verb??)
 

Etymology:  short for Weblog

Date:  1999

 

A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

 

Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

 

 

Why Blog?  For Teachers -- For Students!

• 8 Reasons to Blog by Darren Draper
• 7 Reasons to Blog by Hey Jude
• Matthew K. Tabor's Thoughts

 

 

 

Where to find Blog Hosts

• http://schoolmail.epalscorp.com/campaign/bts2006/sbg02.html
• http://www.21classes.com/
• https://www.blogger.com/start   (take note ot the NEXT option at the far right top)
• http://www.typepad.com/
• http://edublogs.org/
• http://classblogmeister.com/
• http://wordpress.org/

 

 

Educational Blogs

• http://web2class.pbwiki.com/My%20Favorites
• http://educational.blogs.com/
• http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
• http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs
• http://del.icio.us/WOW2Blogs
• Jen's Daily Blog List Through Bloglines:

 

 

Create an RSS Feed

You might start out by reading just one blog -- which you can bookmark into your favorite places.  However, how often do you check your favorite places to see if that blog has been updated?? 

Instead, if you create an RSS feed for your blogs (I use bloglines) then whenever a blog you subscribe to has a new post, you will be notified!!  The content comes to you -- rather than you having to locate the content.  I call it the Tivo of blogs!  (grins)

 

There are several RSS feeders you can use --

Here are the directions for two: 

Bloglines

Google Reader

 

 

 

 

Resources

• http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm
• http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2058455,00.html
• http://www.jarche.com/?p=1140
• http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=170

 

 

 

Extended Fun with Blogging

http://www.scrapblog.com/

 

 

 

 

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