2. A Defense for Innovation

10. A Timeline of Blogging Adoption

13. Through this model of decentralized diffusion (Rogers,2003), blogging can be easily adopted. Local innovator Lead instructor Adopter instructor Adopter instructor Local innovator Lead Instructor Adopter instructor Adopter instructor Local Innovator Lead Instructor Adopter instructor

14. 10-20% Adoption (Rogers, 2003. p. 344.)

17. Links for more information about Blogging Article from McGraw Hill  http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingt oday/educationupclose.phtml/47 http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingt oday/educationupclose.phtml/47 Instructions on how to set up a class blog  http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/bl og/blogideas1.cfm http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/bl og/blogideas1.cfm Site with more resources and links on blogging creation and use in the classroom  http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/w /page/17791566/Blogging http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/w /page/17791566/Blogging Free blog creation site geared for students and teachers  http://edublogs.org/ http://edublogs.org/ Example of a blog I created  http://michaelkirsch.blogspot.com/ http://michaelkirsch.blogspot.com/ Google owned blog site  http://blogger.com http://blogger.com Timeline links  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor y.php?storyId=17421022 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor y.php?storyId=17421022  http://nymag.com/news/media/15971/ http://nymag.com/news/media/15971/

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