Blogs

**What is a blog?**
A blog is a website, maintained by one or several people//,// //with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning// //to maintain or add content to a blog.//

//Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal [|online diaries]. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, [|Web pages], and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.// ([|Wikipedia]) Many blogs include a variety of embedded widgets (little program applications) in their blogs including interactive maps, calendars, videos, slides shows, etc.


 * Free Blogspace**
 * [|Edublogs.org (Joyce's pick)]
 * David Warlick's [|Blogmeister]
 * [|21Classes]
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|LiveJournal]
 * [|Thingamablog]
 * [|Lyceum]
 * [|Wordpress]
 * [|SchoolRack] (free blogs and web pages)
 * [|Weebly for Education]
 * [|KidBlog.org] (safe and simple blogs for your students)

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 * Building your network and Best Practice**
 * [|Edublogs Awards]
 * Educational Blogs by Discipline
 * [|Shambles Librarians Blogs]
 * [|100 Blogs for Librarians of the Future]
 * [|100 Blogs Every New Teacher Should Read]
 * Top 50 Librarian Blogs
 * [|LiveMocha: Education Blog List]
 * [|Links to School Blogging]
 * [|10 Librarian Blogs// To Read in 2009 LISNews]
 * [|Blogging Librarians Frappr Map]
 * [|Alice Yucht's List of Librarian Blogs]
 * [|Student Blogging Guidelines by Kim Cofino]
 * [|Best Sources of Advice on Student Blogging]
 * [|Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators]
 * [|Five Tips for Helping Students Become Better Bloggers]
 * [|Bud Hunt's Blogging Permission Letter]
 * [|Steve Dembo's 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger]
 * [|Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age:] Includes links to rubrics and rules and models
 * [|Newton North HS Library]
 * [|York School Blog Network]
 * [|ResearchLogTemplate!]
 * [|Tony's Blog]
 * Jeff's Class
 * Kevin's Class
 * Dallas' Class
 * [|Kat Phillips' Hamlet Blogs]
 * Mr. Rodoff's Hamlet Blogs
 * Mrs. McCaslin's Lit Circle Blogs
 * [|Gatsby Blog]
 * [|Hurston Blog]
 * [|The Secret Life of Bees] (Will Richardson's class)
 * [|Duck Diaries]
 * [|Trout Blog]
 * [|TipLine - Gates’ Computer Tips (resource blog)>>]
 * [|Mrs Cassidy's Classroom Blog]
 * [|Indexed]
 * [|Kate Says]
 * [|Mabry Middle School Library Blog]
 * [|Washington Middle School Library, Seattle]
 * [|The Reading Room (Northfield Mt. Hermon)]
 * [|Book Bag Blog]
 * [|Reading Challenges]
 * [|Blue Skunk Blog]Doug Johnson's blog
 * [|Gargoyles Loose in the Library] Frances Jacobson Harris' UNI blog
 * [|Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch]
 * [|The Smarties]
 * [|World History Online]
 * [|Ten Ways to Use your Edublog to Teach]
 * [|Blogs in Plain English]
 * [|School Library Blogs]
 * [|100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter]
 * WebTools4U2Use on Blogs
 * [|Blogging as a Pedagogical Practice]
 * [|C. Wright Mills "On Blogging"]
 * [|Top 200 Education Blogs]
 * [|Top 50 EdTech Blogs]
 * [|Scoring Student Participation in Asynchronous Communication]