Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Blogs



Blogs (not a Blob as I once called them to a class...nice!!)

Perhaps the most powerful Internet tool is the Weblog, or blog, an online journal that is continuously updated by its author or authors. Blogs are Web sites that facilitate instantaneous publication and allow for feedback from readers. They’ve been used to form professional development communities, both within one school and across continents. Catch up with the trend that is sweeping the world of online learning: the use of Blogs K-12.
Source: http://judyoconnell.wordpress.com/
Free Blogging Sites:
Blogger
Edublogs
(free, no advertising)
Typepad (provides a free trial and then it costs)
WordPress (provides a basic blog for free and then it costs)

BC Blog Queen
Judith Comfort the teacher librarian at Charles Best Secondary is a blog queen and she has created many useful blogs for the teachers at her school ranging from online ethics, Science 9 Curriculum, and News Feeds in the Classroom.
Check out her best virtual sites:
http://www.bestlibrary.org/best/

Online Resources for Using Blogs in the Classroom:
http://weblogg-ed.com/
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/

Check out how you can use Blogs in Literature Circles in English
Source:
litcircles20.blogspot.com (Student Group from UBC LIBE 477 Summer 2008)

Cathy Gutowski's English students at Clayton are studying the novel Night by Elie Wiesel with her English classes and Google Lit Trips uses Google Earth to take students on a unique literary road trip.

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