This document discusses blogs, their common elements and implications for educational use. Blogs are web-based logs that are organized chronologically in reverse and allow readers to comment. They can be created for free and used by teachers to provide information and stimulate discussion among students. While blogs help develop students' writing and research skills, their use is limited by some students' lack of Internet access outside of school. The document provides some websites that can be used to create blogs and tutorials for doing so.