Literature blogs Pat Pledger. What are blogs? Content organised by date United States: 8% of Internet users keep a blog and 39% read blogs Keep up-to-date.

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Literature blogs Pat Pledger

What are blogs? Content organised by date United States: 8% of Internet users keep a blog and 39% read blogs Keep up-to-date with new books and trends Appeal for younger generation Useful for writers

Benefits of blogs Easy publishing Free web publishing space with Blogger or Edublogs Blogger Edublogs Simple to create New content published instantly Archive old material

Benefits of blogs Keep websites up-to-date Use as a section of a website

Benefits of blogs Engaging students - book discussion, reviews, poems, stories or journals

Benefits of blogs Enhance library programs Links can be made to podcasts and videocasts Place to store handouts about books and information about meetings and schedules

Benefits of blogs Filter information from many places Collaborate with people around the world

Keep up to date with trends Selection of high-quality weblogs will save time and add to professional growth Read Alert Achockablog Read Roger, the Horn Book’s editor’s rants and ravesRead Roger, Bibliosphere News blog.blogspot.com/Bibliosphere News

Blogs set up for student learning Book Look Look Book Worms ms/Book Worms Book Nook /Book Nook Book bites bites

Blogs set up for student learning Shelf Tales Hit4six

Authors´ blogs Insights into personalities, the writing process and the publishing world Margo Lanagan - how she writes Scott Westerfeld - International covers Susan Hill - online chapters Young Adult novel, Mortal Ghost, on blog and and podcast Ghost,

Book reviews The ReadPlus Review blog phpReadPlus Review blog Chicklish aimed at adolescent girls Book bite bite

Promotion of books andnd reading Virtual display to promote new books What to read next Promote literature circles Reading rules

Factors to consider Purpose of blog - is this the best process to achieve your aim Time factor - posting, putting up covers, getting reviews Audience - who is it for? Parents, students, wider community? Are there privacy and safety issues?

Subscribing to a blog reader Useful blog collector is Bloglines Can get blog entries in your with FeedBlitz

Reading blogs Use time productively Consider lack of depth in blogs

Resources Blog reader - Bloglines Free blog sites: Blogger Edublogs

Resources Blogging across the curriculum 7/08/07/blogging-across-the- curriculum/ 7/08/07/blogging-across-the- curriculum/ Transforming learning Social Libraries rse/nodeSocial Libraries rse/node