blogs



=Blogs=

General Information Blogs in Education Blogging Tools

Also see Wikis and Wiki Tools, which are similar to blogs, and Communication Tools for a wide variety of other tools.

GENERAL INFORMATION
[video] Blogs in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs

Blogs [Tech Encyclopedia] [|http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=BLOG

Blogdup – Blog Directory http://www.blogdup.com/

Blog Catalog http://www.blogcatalog.com/

Blog Search on Google [|http://www.blogsearch.google.com] Search for blogs here.

Blogging rubrics http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/05/teacher_20_the_evidence.php

(article) How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers [|http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=57&TopicID=167&DocumentID=2757&Mode=Print

Legal Guide for Bloggers http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/

Blog Readability Test http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx “What level of education is required to understand your blog. Note: This tool also works on myspace profiles, livejournals, facebook, and most websites”

When to Wiki, When to Blog by Bob Doyle http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Column/I-Column-Like-I-CM/When-to-Wiki,-When-to-Blog-16900.htm

BLOGS IN EDUCATION
Weblogs in the Classroom http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/

Education Web Logs [|http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=12803462

David Warlick’s Blogs in Education http://feeds.delicious.com/rss/dwarlick/blogsneducation

Prominent Education Podcast Blogs __ http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProminentEducationPodcastBlogs __

Weblogg-ed http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/05/29/ “Learaning with the read/write web”

Some Sample Blogging Assignments Aligned with the ISTE NETS Refresh http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HarnessingTheNewShapeOfInformation

Blogs as Electronic Learning Journals (by Armstrong, Berry and Lamshed) http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/docs/Vol7_No1/CurrentPractice/Blogs.htm

A Space of Your Own http://www97.intel.com/odyssey/story.aspx?storyid=302 “Student weblogs motivate young readers to do their best”

Blog: Early Childhood Education http://reginaldwilliams.blogspot.com/ “Topics, debate, opinions, and announcements about everything related to education and development for children from birth to eight years of age.” This is from Reginald Williams, an instructor at USC.

Using Blogs to Promote Authentic Learning in the Classroom [|http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogging-in-classroom-why-how-and-lots.html 

Experimental Use of Blog-Based Peer Review Gives Mixed Results http://chronicle.com/free/2008/04/2332n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Blog vs. Peer Review Finale: Some Positive Results, but the Approach Probably Won't Catch On Widely http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2865

edublogs http://edublogs.org/ "Edublogs lets you easily create & manage student & teacher blogs, quickly customize designs and include videos, photos & podcasts ..." They have free and 'professional' versions. ( Tom Smyth's favorite!)

Blogger http://blogger.com This is free, but you must have a Google account (gmail).

WorPress http://wordpress.com/ WorPress is free and has been aruond for a long time. It has a lot of design 'themes' and other tools to use with your blog.

Blogs in Blackboard (video) Creating a Blog http://www.blackboard.com/quicktutorials/Bb9_Tools_Create_Blog.htm This is aimed at the instructor for version 9.

Class Blogmeister – “Learning as Conversation” [|http://www.classblogmeister.com]

Blogigo – The Place for Stories [|http://www.blogigo.com]

Gaggle Blogs []