Blogs in Plain English

· Improve reading

· Improve writing

· Connect with others

· Learning about other communities/cultures

· Exchange of ideas

Blogging Workshop - movies to help you learn how to set up a blog

Learner Blogs: http://www.learnerblogs.org/.

According to one teacher, "this allowed each class to have one student login, and one place for the other class to visit, making it easy for the students to find their way around." You can read more about what she says at http://ssedro.blogspot.com/

Teacher blogs:

Successful Teaching

Christine Southard's Blogspot

Blogs in the classroom:

Students 2.o Blogging http://students2oh.org/

Ms. Teacher http://middle-school-teacher.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-lesson-1.html

Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337&l=1143592742

Room 24 http://www.room24.blogspot.com/

Real Life example of Collaborative Classroom blogging:

South Paris Collaborative Chat http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=88116

1001 Flat World Tales - "is a creative writing workshop made up of schools around the world, connected by one wiki. This blog will be the home to the award-winning stories from each group of schools that participate in the workshop, different topics, different grade-levels, different cultures, brought together by the power of stories." http://bloggingonthebay.org/?p=126

Book Blog Project: http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/2008/02/metc-2008-presentation-hardtack-to-hard.html

Top 10 Reasons to Blog:

Blogging in the Classroom: