The Wide World of Blogs
What is a Blog?
Blog comes from web log. Basically, blogs are on-line journals. People use blogs to keep friends and families informed of what they are doing. (It saves time to post it on the web than to send the same information to all friends and family around the world) Writers use blogs to expose others to their writing. Teachers use blogs to keep students, and parents, informed of what is happening in the classroom
Free Blog Hosting Sites
There are a variety of sites that allow you to create and host blogs for free.
- Our SchoolWorld Site: Host your own blog on your school webpage. Write and manage it through your site editor.
- Blogger: Blogger is a great option for BAS staff, since Blogger is part of the Google family.
- WordPress: Embraced by many in the Educational Technology community, Wordpress is a free site to create and manage blogs.
Blogs I Follow
The Committed Sardine: As part of the 21st Century Fluency project, the Committed Sardine shares many blog posts on topics related to 21st century learning.
Dangerously Irrelevant: Scott McLeod, one of the creators of the original "Shift Happens" presentation, addresses many current topics in education
Free Technology for Teachers: This is a great blog from Richard Byrne.
The Official Google Blog: Stay on top of everything Google.