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=BLOGS IN THE CLASSROOM =

General Overview and Definition

 *  A blog is a website containing the writer's or group of writers 'own experiences, observations, opinions, etc.,and often having images and links to other Websites (Denise)


 * Blogs are websites in which there many be a writer or a group of writers who are writing about a given topic. Blogs are often used in education to display creative lessons used by teachers, collaborate about various topics in education, or to promote different and new ideas in to be used in the classroom. Many teachers blog in order to share resources, explore resources shared by other educators, and keep up-to-date on new issues in education ( Lindsey)

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 * Video Blogs in Plain English (YouTube) (Denise)


 * === **Educational Use (Lindsey) ** ===

Blogs can be used in education in order to share fun and creative resources, keep up-to-date on the latest news in education, and keep parents and the school community aware of what is going on in their children's district. ||  ||
 * [[image:800px-Students_doing_group_work_with_slates_in_Antsiranana_Madagascar.JPG width="473" height="353" caption="Imagine blogging with students in Madagascar...image posted by julie; wikipedia"]] || Blog Examples:

Top 100 Educational Blogs (Denise) @http://sunnydaysinsecondgrade.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default <span style="color: #1155cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">(lindsey) <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;">http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/ (lindsey) <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;">@http://bradlfox5.blogspot.com/ ||
 * [[image:kids-at-computer.jpg width="463" height="335" align="left" caption="teacher showing students how to use wiki...could be a blog...imagine...posted by julie from wikipedia public domain"]] || =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How to Start Blogging =====

Blogs in Education from Adult Learning> (Denise) READY TO START BLOGGING! Link to another page (Kelly) ||
 * ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">References: ======

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"Blog." //Dictionary Reference//. Dictionary Reference, n.d. Web. 8 Feb 2012 <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blog>. (Denise)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Wikipedia Images (julie) ||  ||