Using+blogs+in+the+classroom

** Thursday: April 26th, 2012 ** *All of these are free and easy to use.
 * Blogging in the classroom for students and teachers **
 * 1) =** What is a blog? **=
 * 2) Also known as a weblog: a personal journal with entries published on the World Wide Web.
 * 3) []
 * 4) =** How can you use a blog with students? **=
 * 5)  Great ideas- []
 * 6) ** Some examples of using blogs with students for writing and sharing ideas: **
 * 7)  CORE blog: []
 * 8)  Poetry blog: []
 * 9) ** Great examples of using blogs with students for lessons and daily use: **
 * 10)  Ms. Esposito's CORE Blog: []
 * 11)  Mrs. Gehle's Social Studies Blog: []
 * 12) =** How can a blog help with your own professional development? **=
 * 13)  Here’s a fun blog written by an anonymous teacher and her day to day experiences in an elementary school. Funny stories that we can all relate to. []
 * 14)  Blogging about the Web2.0 classroom: []
 * 15)  Edudemic: []
 * 16)  Edutopia: []
 * 17)  Tech, Tools, and tips for teachers: []
 * 18)  Picture This! Teaching with Picture Books []
 * 19)  A Year of Reading: []
 * 20)  The Book Maven’s Haven: []
 * 21)  Great Kid Books: []
 * 22)  Welcome to my Tweendom, a blog about books for tweens: []
 * 23)  Great Math ideas and lead to other blogs: []
 * 24)  Another great math site: []
 * 25)  This blog won edublogawards.com “Best Class Blog” award: Billings BETA Technology with Intention []
 * 26)  Steve Spangler’s Science site: []
 * 27)  Top 50 Blogs by Elementary E.D.U.: []
 * 28) =** Where can I go to start my own blog? **=
 * 1) Tumblr.com
 * 2) Blogger: Google’s blog feature
 * 3) Blogster
 * 4) Edublogs
 * 5) WordPress