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BLOGS:Bahuman,Morris,Moynihan

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What is a Blog?

 

A blog is short for "Web Log" and is in the form of a diary or journal kept on the web.  A blog is basically your own personal site that allows you to write and share personal feelings, add links to sites you find interesting, and add your own personal touches. You can update and edit the site at any time.  

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

 

History of Blogs?

 

Blogs have been around since the 1990's and were in the form of comments and links to other pages. However, weblogs could only be created by those who already knew how to create a website.   In 1998, Jorn Barger identified them as Web Logs. The term was later changed to "blogs" by Peter Merholz in 1999. At first, he called them "Wee-blogs." At this time blogs and blogging were rapidly growing in popularity but it wasnt until Pita, the first free build-your-own weblog tool, was created that the phenonema of blogging took off.  A month later, in August, Pyra launched Blogger, a site where you can create your own free Blog, and since then many sites like Blogger have been created.  

 

                   Jorn Barger                                             Peter Merholz

 

 

What can you do with a Blog?

 

Publish your thoughts- Create your own voice on the web.  Share your thoughts, feelings, websites, video clips,breaking news.

 

Engage your friends- Connect with friends and family by invited them to your Blog.  "Let just a few friends or the entire world see what you have to say"

 

Design a Blog- Many sites have user friendly editing tools to easily design your own page, by adding your own personal touches that represent you. 

 

Post Photos- Upload and share your personal photos or photos from the web with the world.

 

Go Mobile- Most sites allow you to access your blog from your mobile phone to send photos and text while you are on the go.

 

 

 

Top five ways to use Blogs in the classroom:

 

  • Replace standard class websites
  • Link internet items related to the course
  • Organize in-class discussions
  • Organize class seminars and provide summaries of readings
  • Students can write their own Blogs

 

Other ways to use Blogs in the Classroom:

 

  • Reflect on teaching expereinces
  • Write a discription of a specific teaching unit
  • Share ideas and lesson plans with other teachers
  • Post class-related information
  • Communicate with parents
  • Post prompts for writing
  • Publish examples of good writing done in class
  • Link your class to another class in the world
  • Create an online book club
  • Encourage students to create their own journals

 

  • Link to edublogs site- blogging for students and teachers, made easy

          http://edublogs.org/

 

Video links on Blogs in the Classroom:

From a Teachers perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAestYcLww

From a Students perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJETK3am1M

 

How to create a Blog:

 

 https://www.blogger.com/start

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Resources:

 

 

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http://www.pembinatrails.ca/program/technology/uses_of_blogs_in_education.htm

 

http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/amaztype2.gif

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAestYcLww

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJETK3am1M

 

 

http://hnn.us/articles/1572.html

 

 

http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html

 

 

https://www.blogger.com/start

 

 

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/06/svBLOG_narrowweb__300x506,0.jpg

 

http://edublogs.org/

 

 

 

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