1. Where to start??? Blogs in Plain English Video

2.  Become part of a blog  Read the posts  Make comments  Blogs ◦ **100 Most Inspiring and Innovate Blogs for Educators** **100 Most Inspiring and Innovate Blogs for Educators** ◦ 100 Excellent Blogs for Science Teachers: 100 Excellent Blogs for Science Teachers: ◦ Cool Cat Teacher Blog - Cool Cat Teacher Blog ◦ Top 20 Teacher Blogs Top 20 Teacher Blogs ◦ Blog Directory Blog Directory ◦ Blogs for every subject Blogs for every subject ◦ TCESC 21st Century Tools Blog TCESC 21st Century Tools Blog ◦ Making Teacher Nerdy Making Teacher Nerdy ◦ Tribune Chronicle Blogs Tribune Chronicle Blogs ◦ **Middle School Science** **Middle School Science** ◦ The Literature of Team 206 The Literature of Team 206

3.  book blogs - invite the author to join Secret Life of BeesSecret Life of Bees  character counts blogs  daily journal blogs  current event blogs  students could follow another person's blog and respond and fill out information sheet - Kathy Schrock Evaluation Form of BlogsKathy Schrock Evaluation Form of Blogs  teacher posts a question/statistic/graph - all students reply  classroom blog

4.  Teachers create a free account using blog site  Set up student accounts  Discuss blogging guidelines with students  Start blogging!!!

5. AdvantagesDisadvantages  Home Portal for the teacher and each student has own blog page  Home page allows teacher to add links, files, and images  No student email address required  Takes time to read all student blogs  Cannot have multiple classes under one log in  Type in each student name and password  Slow  Min of 10 students/ $8.99 per blog for class size.

6. AdvantagesDisadvantages  No student email required  Teachers have administrative control over all student blogs and student accounts.  Organized posts  Create several blogs under one account  Cross over with student accounts  Add multimedia  FREE!  Type in student account info  Basic blog – not many bells and whistles  New – I haven’t used it

7. BARK Bulldogs are responsible, respect others and keep the environment safe. http://kidblog.org/FlexClass/wp-admin/

8.  Blogging Guidelines Blogging Guidelines  Introduction to Blogs and Blogging Introduction to Blogs and Blogging  ePALS Schoolblog Easily create and maintain safe blogs for schools and classrooms! ePALS Schoolblog  **Kidblog.org** Free, simple and safe blogs for kids** to use in your classrooms. No student emails required! **Kidblog.org**  Teacherlingo - Easy bloging for teachers - choose free version Teacherlingo  Using Blogs in the Classroom example Using Blogs in the Classroom example  Blogs in Education Blogs in Education  Support Blogging - Blog Resources Support Blogging - Blog Resources  Teaching Tips Teaching Tips

9.  Grading/Rubrics ◦ http://facultydevelopmentbgsu.blogspot.com/2005 /11/rubrics-to-evaluate-classroom-blogging.html http://facultydevelopmentbgsu.blogspot.com/2005 /11/rubrics-to-evaluate-classroom-blogging.html ◦ http://www.frenchteachers.org/technology/Grading.Rubric.pdf http://www.frenchteachers.org/technology/Grading.Rubric.pdf ◦ http://www.personal.psu.edu/cpl2/blogs/cplportfol io/Blogging%20Scoring%20Rubric.pdf http://www.personal.psu.edu/cpl2/blogs/cplportfol io/Blogging%20Scoring%20Rubric.pdf ◦ http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec296/assignm ents/blog_rubric.html http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec296/assignm ents/blog_rubric.html