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