1. Blah, Blah Blog? No Way!

2. What is it? A blog is an on-line journal. Blog is short for web log. Web + log = blog

3. Why Blog? Engaging Motivational Immediate Authentic Make Connections Fun And...

4. More reasons to blog... Identify student’s background knowledge Guide students to reasonable answers Practice using mathematical language Informally assess students Document students’ growth Think aloud and get responses to thoughts

5. Examples of Blogs Technology Coach Karten’s Characters Mustang Pride Trucker Buddy The Write Weblog Mrs. Sempke’s Blog

6. How do I use it? Set guidelines Consider using an “Acceptable Uses” policy/contract“Acceptable Uses” Model Monitor, Monitor, Monitor!

7. Where can I get a blog? Edublogs.org Gaggle.net Blogger.com

8. Additional Resources Atomic Learning Teaching Today Educating Alice

9. Let’s make a blog!