1. BLOGGING ELLISSA LANGSTON, TARA DIEBLER, ASHLEY KOLAR, MEREDITH BRUMM, MICHELLE DRYSCH

2. WHAT IS A BLOG? -Blog is short for ‘Web Log’ -Online Journals or Diaries -Public or Private -Entertaining or Educational -Specific or Spontaneous

3. THE HISTORY OF BLOGGING -1994 Justin Hall – Links.net -1997 Jorn Barger – Coined the term ‘Weblog’ -1998 Open Diary is launched -first blog to allow comments -1999 Peter Merholz – “We Blog” -1999 LiveJournal and Blogger.com are launched -2001 Emergence of Political Blogs in Campaigning

4. GENREAL USES OF BLOGGING -Personal Uses -Facebook -Myspace -Twitter -Device Blogs

5. MORE GENERAL USES OF BLOGS -Corporate Blogs -Media Blogs

6. HOW CAN STUDENTS USE BLOGS? -Students can use blogs to research, create, and learn. -Students can also use blogs to come together around an idea or topic of interest.

7. POPULAR PLACES FOR STUDENTS TO BLOG -Some popular places for students to blog are Facebook and Myspace. -This is a place where students can blog about personal issues. -It is important for students to realize the effects of what they post on these types of blogs.

8. HOW CAN TEACHERS USE BLOGS? -Teachers can use blogs to encourage discussion and collaboration, much like our discussion board on Blackboard. -Blogs can be used for notifying students about assignments they may have both over the school year and the summer. -Blogs can be used in pen pal situations with students from other countries. This makes communication much more effective because it is much faster. -Blogs offer students opportunities to read a write.

9. -Blogs can be used by teachers to present group projects to their students in a way that will outline each task. This will allow students access to the information electronically. -Blogs may motivate students who do not normally participate in classroom activities. -Blogs provide a great medium for mentoring/scaffolding to occur. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJETK3am1M