Blogs

=What is a blog?= A blog, short for weblog and means a private web page that is published either by an individual or a group of people. Many blogs are used as personal journals, or diaries, and can cover a variety of topics, although these days a blog can be used for almost anything. Most blogs will allow the reader to post comments and suggestions, allowing the blogger to interact with their readers. **Educational Blogging** is blogging by students, teachers, administrators, industry experts, and other involved entities that focus primarily on the educational process and educational interests.
 * === Free Online Blogging Services ===
 * [|Blogger] Google's blogging service. Free hosting or publish to your own FTP server. Simple WYSIWYG interface. Must access the blogger.com website to post to blog. Multiple blogs and multiple authors supported.
 * [|LiveJournal]
 * [|BlogLines] Primarily a web-based blog reader, but also has a blogging component.
 * [|EduBlog] offers free blogging service to educators, and also includes free wikispaces.
 * [|BlogMeister] is a free blogging tool for schools created by David Warlick. It allows the teacher to approve all posts/comments before they can appear on the web. [|Information] on how to set up a blog on Class Blogmeister
 * [|Userland Manila] Web-based application tool to create and manage websites, weblogs, wikis and collaboration portals.

It is important you understand and teach student "how" to use a blog. Here are some sites that you should read before starting! [|10 Habits of Bloggers that Win] [|5 Tips to Write Blog Posts] [|Useful Blogging Tools for Teachers] [|Great tips on writing, managing & editing blogs] [|Every day a student scribes the][|notes][| and posts online.][|Projects][| are also posted. Worth a look at examples and posts!!]
 * Important Points About Blogging-**

[|Technical Education and Technology all Mashed Up] [|Literacy Resources]- Edublogger's 2009 Award Winner: 20 Days to Better Blogging [|Tech Happy]- Information for all areas, including a great health section [|Blog for Educators] - Using technology in the physical education classroom [|So you want to teach?] Welcome to the very first edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival! [|Music Teacher's Blog] - Information and Resources for Music Teachers about all aspects of Teaching. Including inspirational stories and light hearted sharing of special times.

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