Blogs

What is a Blog?
media type="youtube" key="NN2I1pWXjXI" height="364" width="445" //A **blog** (a [|contraction] of the term// //**weblog**) is a type of [|website], usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning// //to maintain or add content to a blog. (////Wikipedia)//

How to create a Blog
[|www.blogger.com]

[|www.edublog.org]

What are tags?
//A **tag** is a non-hierarchical [|keyword or term] assigned to a piece of information (such as an [|internet bookmark], digital image, or [|computer file]). This kind of [|metadata] helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are chosen informally and personally by the item's creator or by its viewer, depending on the system. On a website in which many users tag many items, this collection of tags becomes a [|folksonomy].// //Tagging was popularized by websites associated with [|Web 2.0] and is an important feature of many Web 2.0 services. It is now also part of some desktop software.// //(Wikipedia)//

__**Other tools for Blogs**__

[|Widgets and Gadgets]

[|Apture] (Firefox Extention)

__Classroom Ideas__

 * Student Journaling
 * book discusion

__Blogs for Education (examples)__
[|Kathy Cassidy Class Blog -] //This is an example of a teacher who uses Blogs with her students//.

[|The Edublogger] //This blog discusses ideas for student blogging// * [|Search many classrooms that use blogs with their classrooms]

[|Tutorial for blogging in voicethread]

Staci Bergen's Fourth Grade Blog: []