Introduction To Blogging Desire é Caskey [email_address]

What is a blog? According to Wikipedia : (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog) “ A blog is a website that contains written material, links for photos being posted all the time, usually by one individual, on a personal basis. The term is a shortened form of weblog, although the latter term has since fallen into disuse.”

According to Wikipedia :

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog)

“ A blog is a website that contains written material, links for photos being posted all the time, usually by one individual, on a personal basis. The term is a shortened form of weblog, although the latter term has since fallen into disuse.”

Why Blog? Self-Expression (ie: artists) Self-Publish (personal journals) Share Information & Resources (financial advice) Build Community (hurricane Katrina) Provide Entertainment Promotions & Marketing

Self-Expression (ie: artists)

Self-Publish (personal journals)

Share Information & Resources (financial advice)

Build Community (hurricane Katrina)

Provide Entertainment

Promotions & Marketing

Self Expression:

Self-Publish:

Share Information or Advice:

Build Community:

Provide Entertainment:

Celebrity Bloggers

Anatomy of a Blog

Anatomy of a Blog

Anatomy of a Blog

Creating your own blog http://www.wordpress.com http://www.movabltype.org http://www.radio.userland.com http://www.bloglines.com http://www.typepad.com http://www.blognet.info http://www.livejournal.com http://www.blogger.com

http://www.wordpress.com

http://www.movabltype.org

http://www.radio.userland.com

http://www.bloglines.com

http://www.typepad.com

http://www.blognet.info

http://www.livejournal.com

http://www.blogger.com

Blogger

Blogger

Blogger

Blogger

Creating a Classroom Blog Blogs specifically designed for K-12 classrooms: ePals SchoolBlog (fee-based). BlogMeister (free -- must e-mail for a pass code) Gaggle.Net's Blog (free; includes a filter; will call to confirm you're an educator). TIP: Using Blogs to Integrate Technology into the classroom: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/47

Blogs specifically designed for K-12 classrooms:

ePals SchoolBlog (fee-based).

BlogMeister (free -- must e-mail for a pass code)

Gaggle.Net's Blog (free; includes a filter; will call to confirm you're an educator).

TIP: Using Blogs to Integrate Technology into the classroom:

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/47

More Blogs to Explore http://www.billingsgazette.net/info/?h/blogs/ http://www.sportsfrog.com/ http://www.101cookbooks.com/ http://blogcritics.org/ (about entertainment world) http://realdirt.blogspot.com/ (gardening) http://bloggingbaby.com/ http://www.boingboing.net/ (current events) http://powerlineblog.com/ (politics) http://www.prwatch.org (Media & Politics) http://climateark.org/blog/ (climate change) http://www.ipl.org/div/blogs/ (Internet Public Library)

http://www.billingsgazette.net/info/?h/blogs/

http://www.sportsfrog.com/

http://www.101cookbooks.com/

http://blogcritics.org/ (about entertainment world)

http://realdirt.blogspot.com/ (gardening)

http://bloggingbaby.com/

http://www.boingboing.net/ (current events)

http://powerlineblog.com/ (politics)

http://www.prwatch.org (Media & Politics)

http://climateark.org/blog/ (climate change)

http://www.ipl.org/div/blogs/ (Internet Public Library)