Classroom+Blogging

=**Blogging in the Classroom**=

Definition of Blogging
A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people. People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems, most notably Blogger at blogger.com.

Outside Resources

 * Our own school web sites will allow blogging. Once your school has migrated from ViaDesto you can start using that blogging tool. (Which is probably preferred to these other tools).
 * [|Blogger] Blogger is a free and popular blogging tool offered by Google
 * [|Edublogs] This is a free blogging site with powerful editing, moderation and other extras.

Research
[|Center for Teaching Learning and Technology at BGSU]

Known issues

 * Inappropriate content
 * Not actively monitoring the blog posts and comments
 * Use RSS tool like Google Reader or Bloglines
 * You probably want to have a blogging policy in place

Discussion topics - use discussion TAB above to post comments

 * Is it improving language arts skills?
 * Is it increasing engagement?