Blog-diggity
This post is for a presentation at the Central Missouri Summer Institute held at Centralia’s new Intermediate School on August 4, 2009. The presentation is embedded below.
The following are some of the resources I find most helpful in classroom and professional blogging:
Blog Hosting Sites:
Blogger – This is one of the two most popular sites for blogging. It’s super easy to use, but it has that pesky navigation bar.
WordPress – There is the blog host site and the open source software. Both are relatively easy to use and give you plenty of options for posting.
Edublogs – Edublogs provides a built-in community of educational bloggers. The site uses WordPress software, but one has to pay in order to avoid ads.
More
Blogging 101:
25 Basic Styles of Blogging – Need a purpose for your blog? Here are 25 great ideas.
We-Blog, Tree-Blog – This is my Winter Conference ‘09 presentation. It’s a great resource for getting started.
Reluctant Bloggers – Scared to blog? Read this article.
Web 2.0 for Newbies
Blog Basics – …for teachers.
Participate & Network
One Comment A Day – Here’s an interesting idea on how to get involved in the edu-blogosphere.
Best Teacher Blogs – This is a list of the best blogs for and by teachers.
23 Elements of Sharable Blog Posts – Give the people something to link.
Twitter – Microblogging at its finest. Also, here are some great resources and articles on Twitter.
RSS in Plain English – Need RSS explained in an engaging and memorable YouTube video? Well, here it is.
Blog Extras
Top 10 Google Gadgets
50 Great Widgets from Mashable
Widgetbox – Make your own widgets for your blog.
Safety and Other Teaching Resources
Safe Blogging for Teens
10 Ways to Use Your Edublog to Teach – These ideas will work for most any blogging site.
eThemes – It would be silly of me not to mention resources from eMINTS.
Using Blogs to Promote Authentic Learning in the Classroom – Someone has done the research for us.
Ideas from David Warlick
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