Blogs

=Blogs=

Blogs are a great place to have a discussion or have students review work or assignments. Because everyone can see all the posts, students usually make an effort to do their best work. The students can review, reread and edit their responses before making their posts which is less threatening to some students than speaking up in class. This is a great way to get those silent students to speak up. = = =Websites to set up blogs:=

[|Edublogs]
This is a free site for setting up a blog with different levels of security you can set. The site is geared for education.

Ann Perry's Website
Ann has three other sites to check out.

The following video is a great explanation of what blogs are.

Edutopia Blogs
Read and follow discussions on many educational related topics at Edutopia's blog site. Expand your scope from blogs and check out the rest of this knowledge-packed website for inspiration, information and collaboration.

[|Web 2.0 Classroom:]
A great blog about how to use technology in the classroom. He discusses the latest technology and how people are using it in their classrooms classroom. Make sure you read the comments about anything that catches your interest because they have good ideas and links from other teachers.

= [|Free Tech 4 Teachers] = A blog that has free tech resources for teachers as well as "how to" manuals.

= 8 Free Manuals for Teachers on how to use Web 2.0 in their classrooms = From Free Tech 4 Teachers = = = THE Journal = THE Journal is trying to transform education through technology. You can receive a digital or hard copy for free after registering at this website.