Blogs+10-23

=What Is A Blog? = ​ Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a USER GENERATED journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site. The entries (or Posts) are often displayed in chronological order.

A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog.

Blogs can also contain links to other sites, images, movies, podcasts, and so on. Sometimes you can embed the movies (i.e.. from teachertube.com) directly into your blog (meaning it shows up as part of your page and not a link to another page) other times you just provide links to other sites that contain the content (which is better in terms of your storage quota).

Many blogs focus on a **particular** topic, such as web design, home staging, sports, or mobile technology. Some are more eclectic, presenting links to all types of other sites. And others are more like personal journals, presenting the author's daily life and thoughts. Generally speaking (although there are exceptions), blogs tend to have a few things in common:
 * A main content area with articles listed chronologically, newest on top. Often, the articles are organized into categories.
 * An archive of older articles.
 * A way for people to leave comments about the articles.
 * A list of links to other related sites, sometimes called a "blogroll".

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 * Blogs in Plain English**

=[|7 Things You Should Know About Blogs]=

=Rationale for Using Blogs in Education=
 * 1) [|**Sample Blogging Assignments -ISTE Aligned**] **by David Warlick **
 * 2) [|**A Vision for Classroom Blogging**]**- Anne Davis**
 * 3) [|**20 Reasons Why Students Should Blog**]**- Anne Mirtschin**
 * 4) [|**Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally**]**- Andrew Churches**
 * 5) [|**Rationale for Educational Blogging**] **by Anne Davis**
 * 6) [|**Quotes From Blogging Teachers**] **by David Warlick **


 * VBCPS ADMIN Blog Examples**

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Dr. Amy Cashwell’s Professional Development Blog, Christopher Farms ES  (SP)  ======

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[|Krista Barton-Arnold’s Blog]   (SP)  ======

[|Three Oaks Blog]

 * An example of a Video Principals Blog**

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[|OIS Principal Michael Randall]
 * Example of an Audio Blog**



[|**VBCPS Blog Site**] Use this to sign up for a site on **blogs.vbschools**!

=Blogging As an Educational Tool=

[|**Classroom Uses of Weblogs.doc**]


 * Sample Instructional Blogs**
 * [|**Sheldon High School Library Blog**]
 * [|**Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog**] **1st Grade Blog (ClassBlogmeister)**
 * [|**A Duck with a Blog**]
 * [|**Ms. Boyd's Grade 2/3 Blog**]
 * [|**Mr. Vincent's 5th Daily Planet Blog**]
 * [|**Ms. Fullerton's 5th Grade Class Blog**]
 * [|**Mr. Klein's 5th Grade Blog**]
 * [|**Room5@Work**]
 * [|**Mrs. Markwart Grade 6/7 Class Blog**]
 * [|**Mr. Fisher's Class Blog**]**(check out colonization blogs)**
 * [|**Ms. Winze's Orchestra Blog**]
 * [|**Ms. Martinos' Algebra Class Blog**]
 * [|**Kakos Grade 10 English Blog**] **(BlogSpot)**
 * [|**Ms. LeClaire's English 10 Blog**] **(BlogSpot)**
 * [|**Mrs. Hopkins American Literature Class Blog**]
 * [|**12th Grade Class Blog**]
 * [|**Student's Senior Thesis Blog**]
 * **Hamlet Character Blogs**
 * [|**Pre- Cal 20S**] **(a math blog in which the teacher shares slides of daily lessons)**
 * [|**Kempsville Middle School Blog**]
 * [|**Northern Ireland Project**]
 * [|**MrMayo's Blog**]
 * [|**Mr. Gibbs Class Blog**]
 * [|**Malkin Class Blog**]


 * Other Blog Examples**
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[|Blogging clicks with educators]**
 * Articles


 * Handouts

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