Blogs can be used in education in several ways: 1. Blogs allow students and teachers to easily share information, reflections, and media related to course topics. 2. Instructors are using blogs to organize class seminars and provide summaries of assigned readings for students. 3. Students may be asked to write their own blogs as part of their coursework, allowing them to reflect on and demonstrate their understanding of topics.

1. Blog PD Jan. 20th, 2009 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mena_trott_tours_her_blog_world.html

3. Blogs Blog = Web log A website maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video .

4. Personal Private Business Political Military Non Profit Sports Marketing News Educational Types

5. Topics of Blogs Photography News Poetry Video Art Journaling Food Experiments

7. Less Paper Wasted Pros Cons Computer Awareness Save what you’ve done Connect to Others Security Internet’s not working :( Too much time on computer Typing ability Blogging Pros and Cons

8. Automatic Gratification Pros Cons Saving Work Independence Work at Home Computer Availability Blogging Pros and Cons

9. The Use of Blogs in Education Experiments - data Research Info. Reflection Sports Music Podcasts Powerpoints Pen Pals Online Brochure Videos that relate to topic

10. Replace the standard class Web page . Instructors begin to link to Internet items that relate to their course . http://archaeology.about.com/od/blogs/Archaeology_Blogs.htm Blogs are used to organize in-class discussions . Instructors are using blogs to organize class seminars and to provide summaries of readings . Students may be asked to write their own blogs as part of their course grade . http://www.pembinatrails.ca/program/technology/uses_of_blogs_in_education.htm

11. http://calixtlahuaca.blogspot.com/ http://varnam.org/blog/ ( history about a place) http://moturoa.blogspot.com/ ( an example of a blog used by the teacher and students to add inofrmation) http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337 (an example of an early childhood class blog with examples of what kids do in class) http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com/ ( a blog with videos that 6 year old kids created about a story that they had read in class) http://roomonemapua.blogspot.com/ Examples of Blogs in Education

12. http://www.treehugger.com / http://lacag.edublogs.org http://cagnetiquette.blogspot.com /

13. How could teachers use blogs in their Classrooms?