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How to start Blogging - pdf file that takes you step by step
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Blog.co.nz -
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supportblogging.com - SupportBlogging! has been set up to provide an opportunity for students, teachers, administrators, parents, and others to help promote an understanding of the benefits of educational blogging.
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What is a Blog? -
What Is a Blog?
Uses for Blogging in Education
Teacher Communication
Dialogue Generation
Student Blogs
Teacher Blogs
What blogging does for students
Helps them find a voice
Creates enthusiasm for writing and communications
Engages students in conversation and learning
Provides an opportunity to teach about responsible journalism
Empowers students
What Is a Blog?
Wikipedia defines a blog as, "A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log or weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles, most often in reverse chronological order."
Blogging is the posting of journal-like pages to a website. While these pages can contain photos or media, they are primarily focused on the easy ability to post written thoughts to a website. The postings are organized chronologically. Typically, a blog "post" can be "commented" on by others, allowing for a dialogue on a the topic of the post. Teachers and educators have used blogs to allow for what is commonly called "peer review," meaning that students can post writings or assignments to the web, and other students can respond or encourage through the comment feature.
In a broader and more educational system, blogs are about communicating. You observe your experience, reflect on it, and then write about it. Other people read your reflections, respond from their perspectives by commenting or writing their own blog article. You read their perspectives, often learn something through their eyes, and write some more.
1. Blogging is about reading and writing.
2. Literacy is about reading and writing.
3. Blogging is about literacy. (dfw)
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ESL Blogging - Free blogs for ESL and EFL students.
Create your own ad free fully featured WordPress blog at eslblogs.org. Choose from over 50 themes and powerful Flickr and Google plugins.
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Class Blogmeister -
Perhaps one of the most fascinating tools that has emerged from the Internet cloud in recent years is the Blog. A shortening of the term Web log, the Blog is an online publishing tool that enables people to easily publish their loves, passions, dislikes, peeves, discoveries, and insights.
Blogging came into its own during the 2004 presidential campaign where all of the major candidates sported their own blogs, and every political pundit daily trashed their opponent candidate with blog articles.
But blogging is also showing up in schools, where teachers have known for a long time that students develop better communication skills when they are authentically communicating. A number of educators are helping their students developing their writing skills by having them publish their work as blogs, and then invite comments from people in the outside.
There are many freely available tools that facilitate blogging, but none seem especially suited for the classroom. That is the reason for BlogMeister. This online blogging tool is explicitly designed with teachers and students in mind, where the teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students' blog articles in a controlled environment.
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blogger.com - A blog is your easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and more. All for FREE.
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edublogs.org - Free blogs for teachers, trainers, lecturers, librarians and other edu professionals.
Create your own ad free fully featured WordPress blog at edublogs.org. Including free Yacapaca assessment tool from the Chalkface Project. In addition to a free blog, all users also get an ad free wikispace!
Alternatively catch up with the latest edublogs.org news and developments over at our blog.
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learnersblogs.org - These guys offer free blogging for students
Create your own ad free fully featured WordPress blog at learnerblogs.org. Choose from over 50 themes to create your own powerful website.
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Web2.0 - Blogging