Blogging

=Blogs, Blogs, Blogs =

 "What is a blog?" you ask. Go [|here] to find out more about blogging.

If you'd like to see what I'm writing about, please visit my blog [|The Digital Pioneer]. Before The Digital Pioneer was born, I had another blog called [|On My Way to Infinity...and Beyond] You can check that out as well.

Here are some links to articles about blogging, and incorporating blogs and other technology into education.

[|Blog Safe: Avoid Common Web-Publishing Pitfalls] Embrace technology...but don't get [|dooced]! This article has some great tips if you are going to be blogging, Facebooking, MySpacing, commenting on other blogs, or leaving any other kind of digital footprint on the web. There are also links to more information on online media law.

[|Edublogs We Love: Ten Top Stops for Internet Interaction] Ten blogs from educators who blog on a regular basis about integrating technology into the classroom. 

[|Blogging is Elementary] This a great article from a teacher in the UK about how to introduce blogging in the elementary setting, and includes outlines for 5 introductory lessons. [|Synching Up with the iKid: Connecting to the Twenty-First Century Student] An interesting article about the MEdia generation and how technologies like blogging can engage our students who are digital natives.

[|Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Online Will Make You Sorry] Privacy concerns abound in schools. Depending on your district and their policies, even blogging applications can be blocked. This article has several suggestions on how to deal with issues of not being able to access Web 2.0 tools that you wish to use in your classroom.

[|Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters] Twitter is a microblogging tool that's become very popular in the last 2 years. Read here about how some teachers are using it as a professional development tool to improve their classroom instruction.