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= WHAT IS A BLOG? = **According to Blogger, a blog is. . .** "A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules." = WHY BLOG WITH STUDENTS? = Blogging allows students to be creators of information as well as receive feedback from others. = IDEAS = = =
 * digital portfolio - post and reflect on work
 * online journalism/current events
 * historical diary
 * document process of performing an experiment, making a recipe, building a shelf, etc. with pictures and text
 * book reviews/reading journal

=TOOLS= Blogger
 * free
 * powered by Google
 * you need a gmail account (free) to create a blog with blogger

Wordpress
 * free
 * prohibits you from embedding external widgets unless you pay for hosting or self-host

Edublogs
 * two options - a free or a paid for service
 * limited number of students (~30) for free

Weebly
 * two options - a free or paid for service
 * limited number of students (~50) for free
 * additional options in paid service (adding audio, embedding documents, etc.)

Kidblog
 * free
 * good for elementary students

=SUBSCRIBE TO BLOGS= To subscribe to a blog you will need an RSS Reader. An RSS Reader will notify you when a blog that you follow (subscribe to) has a new post. Now you don't have to check periodically to see if anything new is posted. . . your reader will do that work for you!

GoogleReader - you can have a widget on your iGoogle (see here for more info) page with this

Netvibes
 * you can use this instead of iGoogle and include a widget that is an RSS Reader
 * you can make a netvibes page public (you cannot do that with iGoogle)
 * other idea - create a netvibes page for your class

Bloglines

=BLOGS TO FOLLOW= MISS MAKATCHE'S BLOG - [|http://makatche.blogspot.com] ELEMENTARY -http://forcuriousteachers.blogspot.com/ ART - [] - [] - http://myfrencheasel.blogspot.com/ GEOGRAPHY - [] - [] - [] HISTORY - [] LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH - [] TECHNOLOGY - [] MUSIC - [] MATH - [] - [] SCIENCE - [] - [] - http://blog.benwildeboer.com/