1. What can I do
with a Blog?
Shelby County Tech Team
July 2009
2. What is a blog?
• The word “blog” is an abbreviation
for “web log.” A web log, or blog, is
a term used to describe a web site
that publishes content on a regular
and ongoing basis.
3. What is a blog?
• Web site
• Accessible to you from anywhere
with Internet-access
• Web 2.0 tool
4. Web 2.0 Tool
“…refers to a new way of utilizing
Web technology to facilitate
creativity, collaboration and inter-
user cooperation.”
“…is about an architecture of
participation, a term coined by
Tim O’Reilly in 2004.”
-2008 i-Safe Inc.
5. Web 2.0 Tool
“…refers to a new way of utilizing
Web technology to facilitate
creativity, collaboration and
inter-user cooperation.”
“…is about an architecture of
participation, a term coined by
Tim O’Reilly in 2004.”
-2008 i-Safe Inc.
6. Alabama Technology
Course Of Study
• Technology Education, Grade K - 2, 2009
8.) Use digital environments to exchange ideas with individuals or groups.
• Technology Education, Grade 3 - 5, 2009
10.) Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.
12.) Create a product using digital tools.
• Technology Education, Grade 6 - 8, 2009
2.) Publish digital products that communicate curriculum concepts.
12.) Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to
global.
14.) Use digital tools to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
• Technology Education, Grade 9 - 12, Computer
Applications, 2009
8.) Practice safe uses of social networking and electronic communication.
12.) Use digital tools to publish curriculum-related content.
13.) Demonstrate collaborative skills using curriculum-related content in digital
environments.
