1. A Defense for Innovation

9. A Timeline of Blogging
Adoption

12. Through this model of
decentralized diffusion
(Rogers,2003), blogging can
be easily adopted.
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13. 10-20% Adoption
(Rogers, 2003. p. 344.)

16. Links for more information
about Blogging
Article from McGraw Hill Timeline links
 http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingt  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor
oday/educationupclose.phtml/47 y.php?storyId=17421022
Instructions on how to set up a class blog
 http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/bl  http://nymag.com/news/media/15971/
og/blogideas1.cfm
Site with more resources and links on
blogging creation and use in the
classroom
 http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/w
/page/17791566/Blogging
Free blog creation site geared for students
and teachers
 http://edublogs.org/
Example of a blog I created
 http://michaelkirsch.blogspot.com/
Google owned blog site
 http://blogger.com

17. References
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