Blogging

Tell someone what you know about a BLOG 

**Blog** (//n.):// 1. A contraction of the term "weblog" 2. A type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. **Blog** (//v.)//: 1. to maintain or add content to a blog ([] )

media type="youtube" key="9f3MjsoBvHQ" height="390" width="480" **What does this mean for our WRITING classrooms?**

There are lots of options to get you started... Blogger and Wordpress are great for adults to use in their personal life! I have TWO BLOGS using BLOGGER that I use for personal work. I made one for Writer's Workshop Institute Teachers @http://writersworkshopinstitute.blogspot.com/

And another that I used to communicate with friends and family during my husband's 4th deployment to Afghanistan. It is called Holding Down the Leach Homefront.


 * [|Blogger] **

EduBlogs are FREE to teachers and great for sharing your classroom with parents and the community or for Shared Writing with students in the classroom.
 * [|Wordpress] **

Look at some examples of BLOGS made using EDUBLOG.

**Awesome Classroom BLOG Examples**
==**Patterson's Pack - 1st Grade ** == ==**Mrs. Watson's 2nd/3rd Grades ** == ==**Mr. Harju's Class Blog - 2nd Grade ** == ==**Room 25 Online - 5th Grade (Used BLOGGER) ** ==

**Mr. Avery's Classroom Blog**

 * Edublogs **

Are you reading BLOGS? You SHOULD be!

Here are a few of my favorites. See for yourself...

http://digitalgoonies.com- K-12 Technology for Teachers @http://mathwire.blogspot.com/ - K-5 Math Blog @http://www.friedtechnology.com/ - K-12 Fried Technology for Teachers @http://2teach.edublogs.org/ - Mrs. Harju @http://fun-in-first.blogspot.com/ - Fun In First http://firstgradebest.blogspot.com- First Grade Best @http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/ Chalk Talk- A Kindergarten BLOG @http://blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/ Scholastic's TopTeachers Blog

Find what YOU are interested in...

@http://blogsearch.google.com/

Are your STUDENTS BLOGGING? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Watch THIS!

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= Have fun learning about kids and blogging and commenting! = Mrs. Harju’s Class – Second Grade: East Grand Rapids, Michigan []

Mrs. Smith’s Class – Tuscola, Illinois []

Mrs. Huntley's Kindergarten Class - Charlotte, Michigan []

@http://kidblog.org/4krichards/ - Location Unknown

[] -4th Grade Location Unknown