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Title: Web Logs Weblogs or Blogs Short for Weblogs


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Web Logs WeblogsorBlogs (Short for Weblogs)
  • Created by
  • Debbie Holland Dottie Walls
  • April 26, 2005

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Introduction
  • What is a Web Blog Weblog?
  • What is blogging?
  • How could blogging be used in the classroom?
  • Where would you go to blog?
  • What are the pros/cons of using blogs?
  • How could you use a blog with your students?

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What is a Blog?
  • Online personal journal
  • Online tool for writing and collaboration
  • Interactive online personal commentary
  • Dated entries in reverse chronological order

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What is a Blog?
  • Postings by one or more individuals
  • Usually has links to comments on different
    postings
  • Term coined by John Barger in 1997
  • Official definition

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Educational Uses for Students
  • Reflective or writing journals
  • Knowledge management
  • Assignment submission and review
  • Dialogue for group work
  • E-portfolios
  • Share course-related resources
  • Telecommunication Projects

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Educational Uses for Educators
  • Networking and knowledge sharing
  • Course announcements, readings, and class
    postings
  • Instructional tips for students
  • Annotated links

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Pros of Blogging
  • Easy way to publish materials to the web
  • Encourage independent thought motivate students
    to write
  • Capability to foster a community of learners
  • Students put more effort into their writing when
    writing to a real audience.

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Pros of Blogging
  • Requires little effort to maintain
  • Allows for immediate feedback
  • Makes it easier for education to take place in
    all venues at all times

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Cons of Blogging
  • Casual nature of writing on the Web
  • Lack of clear sponsorship
  • Lack of accuracy and accountability
  • Lack of technology availability

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Examples of Blogs
  • Reflections on Classroom Use of Blogs
  • A Kindergarten Weblog
  • Awesome Readers and Writers
  • Idioms Are Fun
  • Professors Who Blog

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Blog Writing Tools
  • Blogger.com
  • Easyjournal.com
  • Tribe.Net
  • Crimson Blog
  • Weblogger.com
  • Radio UserLand
  • TypePad
  • Xanga
  • SchoolBlogs
  • Silver logic

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Top 5 Tips for Teachers
  • Search the internet and start reading other
    blogs.
  • Start a blog of your own. Invite others to
    comment.
  • Start small.
  • Find ways to collaborate with other teachers.
  • Experiment. You may find ways to use weblogs in
    the classroom that we havent mentioned!

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References
  • Weblogs in the Classroom http//www.eddept.wa.edu
    .au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/
  • Weblogs in Education http//weblogs.about.com/od/
    usesandrolesofblogs/a/weblogged.htm
  • EduBlogs http//www.ecolenet.nl/best/edublogs.htm
  • Blogs in Education
  • http//awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/
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