Introduction+to+Blogging

====//**Blogs-keeping parents posted**-Victoria Nikulin This article gives an introduction for parents to blogging// [|Blogs - Keeping parents posted.doc]==== //**For Teachers New to Weblogs: An Introduction to Blogging**// [|Blogging_to_Learn[1.pdf]]

**//Our Class Blogging://** http://vids.edublogs.org/2008/04/19/our-class-blogging/
This is a video that includes interviews with teachers and kids on the use of blogging in the classroom. The video was made over a couple of interview sessions. Everything is pretty much first take though. Just sticking the camera in front of either the teacher or the kids whilst we had a discussion. The more videos I make the more I feel I need to improve my skills in lighting and editing but I just can’t convince myself it is the right way to spend my time.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm
 * //Basics on blogging (Teachers First 2007)//** [ RATE ]

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial037print.shtml
 * //Education World// blogging basics**:

Common Craft videos:

//**Blogs in Plain English [YouTibe Video below]**//

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 * //What is a blog? [YouTibe Video below]//**

[|www.teachertube.com/search_result.php?search_id=commoncraft]
 * //Blogging in Plain English//**

Exerpt from Stephen Downes book on Education blogs. Includes What is a blog? and Blogs in education and learning. Submission for a forthcoming STRIDE handbook for The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). See related handbooks [|here].
 * [|Education Blogs]**

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The founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type's Mena Trott, talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regular people the power to share our lives online is the key to building a friendlier, more connected world.======

//Blogging: it's a conversation// - Sue Waters
Photo of Sue Waters by quadropop CC (by) (nc) (sa) Blogs have shed their reputation as vanity-driven sites full of angst to emerge as important communications tools for millions of professionals. With so many free options available - including the new blogging tool on the me.edu.au site, the time is right for new bloggers to take the plunge and anyone with a stalled blog to get fresh inspiration. This episode of E-learning Insights features audio of an hour-long online discussion led Sue Waters, the editor of the Edublogger (the blog of the Edublog web site, a service provider of blogs for the education sector). If you'd prefer to see Sue's slides while listening to the discussion, you may want to access the [|Live Classroom Archive] instead. You will need to run the Live Classroom set up Wizard before being able to view it. For more information on how to set up Live Classroom, visit the edna online workshop Sandpit - []  [|Listen to the MP3] (1 hour, 27.9 Mb

For General references (Ref: eZine)
The following links will lead you to definitions, examples and ‘blogging’ tools.

[|Blogging for education] (and all other things)
This site is excellent! Go here to find out about blogging for: Business, Community, Education, A Cause, Money. Take your pick. This site is rich in tips and information with a very active community passionate about the potential of blogging.

[|Class Blogmeister]
There are many freely available tools that facilitate blogging, but none seem especially suited for the classroom. That is the reason for BlogMeister. This online blogging tool is explicitly designed with teachers and students in mind, where the teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students' blog articles in a controlled environment.

[|Userland Software] (What are webblogs, podcasting and RSS feeds?)
This is a subsite of the Userland Software site which discusses the nature of blogs as well as RSS feeds and podcasting. Follow the link back to the Home page for information about the various applications of their blogging software.

[|Teaching and Learning Online (TALO)]
This personal blog is edited by Leigh Blackall, and is an excellent example of a blog with a mixture of the three blogging styles, personal, information management and communal. There are heaps of useful technical and educational tips and information with a distinct conversational tone. Check it out.

[|Better blog writing]
If you’re thinking about starting your own blog consider your writing style. This site has an excellent article on keeping your blog interesting.


 * Learn More about Blogging in Education**

[|**Getting Started with Classroom Blogging**] "Today's students are eager to interact with technology," says Jeanne Simpson, a 7th grade math teacher at Cedar Ridge Middle School in Decatur and an ABPC 21st Century Teacher Fellow. "They want to share their thoughts with the world. Many are seeking out unsupervised places such as MySpace or Xanga to begin social networking. I believe they will participate in school-sponsored networking just as eagerly." In this article for the ABPC e-newsletter, Jeanne describes her own classroom blogging experiments and shares a wealth of resources about in-school blogging!

[|**"Blogging? It's Elementary, My Dear Watson!" (Education World)**] Great article about getting started with blogging in elementary school. Includes several excellent resources. [|**Blogging 101 – Weblogs Go to School (C-Net News)**] Find out more about the upsurge in classroom blogging!

Virginia school district explains its support for blogging – good resource if you're trying to interest your school/district!

[|**What Are Blogs and Wikis?**] Good short article suitable for sharing with school leaders. From //School Administrator// magazine.

[|**EduBlog Insights**] Anne Davis works at Georgia State University with faculty, staff, and students in the area of instructional technology. Her blog "is a place to reflect, discuss, and explore possibilities for the use of weblogs in education."

A great brainstorming session by Anne Davis (see above). You're bound to get some ideas from this list!

**edna resources related to blogging**
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 * [|Blog Action Day [edna Events]]
 * Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Mobile Blogging: A Guide for Educators [edna Resources]]
 * This paper, presented at mLearn 2007, provides a short overview of the nature and educational usefulness of blogging, followed by an overview of the v...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|blogs [me.edu.au]]
 * Members: 12
 * [|Blogging Corner [edna Groups]]
 * Blogging Corner is a place for bloggers, would-be bloggers, and blogging mentors. Whether you are just starting out on your blogging journey, are some...
 * [|Australian Higher Education Congress 2009 [edna Events]]
 * The congress will include the following topics: Federal Keynote address on our higher education policy 2009 and beyond; The Bradley Review: a look at ...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Education Blog List [edna News]]
 * A list of the top 100 (or so) educational blogs as at January 2007 compiled by Aseem Badshah. All blogs listed had a Technorati rating of at least 50 ...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Using blogging for higher order learning in large-cohort university teaching: a case study [edna Resources]]
 * The small but developing literature on weblogging underscores its potential as an effective learning resource for use in higher education. This paper ...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|blogging [me.edu.au]]
 * Members: 102
 * [|CBS Online Learning Collaboration Pilot [edna Groups]]
 * This Group is established to pilot collaboration processes with the Curtin Business School's Information Technology Services team.Keywords: CBS Curtin...
 * [|Employees Weblogs and Websites (BBC Editorial Guidelines) [edna News]]
 * This guideline for all BBC staff on use of personal blogs and other personal webcontent (eg personal podcasts) may assist policy development in other ...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Learning through blogging: graduate student experiences [edna Resources]]
 * The author has successfully incorporated a blogging assignment into the coursework component of graduate level (MBA and similar) classes. These course...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|blogging corner [me.edu.au]]
 * Members: 2
 * [|Trinity Bay Readers Club [edna Groups]]
 * Comprised of a small group of interested readers that meet in the library once a week to discuss and review books they have read. Setting up an intern...
 * [|Weblogs and Blogging: Resources for School Libraries [edna Resources]]
 * An introduction to weblogs and RSS and their implications for school libraries. This page contains links to information about blogging, links to lists...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Bloggy blog blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Peter's blog
 * [|new message new media [edna Groups]]
 * Group of Learning and Development professionals investigating new technologies for organisational story telling to take learning beyond the classroom,...
 * [|Social networking and blogs more popular than email [edna News]]
 * Online social networking has become more popular than using email, according to a new survey from Nielsen Online. 'Social networking isn't just growin...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Emania [edna Groups]]
 * To establish a dynamic and innovative online network that provides new and engaging online alternatives for collaboration, presentations and resourcin...
 * [|Post-secondary students' purposes for blogging [edna Resources]]
 * The goal of the study was to explore post-secondary students' purposes for blogging with particular attention to the social and instructional purposes...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Nobuharu's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Nobuharu's blog
 * The goal of the study was to explore post-secondary students' purposes for blogging with particular attention to the social and instructional purposes...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Nobuharu's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Nobuharu's blog


 * [|Blogging options for educators [edna Resources]]
 * This wikispace is devoted to the practice of blogging in education. There are four uses for blogging in this context: teacher communication, dialogue ...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|jeje blog [me.edu.au]]
 * blog
 * [|E-portfolios Reference Group [edna Groups]]
 * The E-portfolios Reference Group provides advice and support to Australian Flexible Learning Framework's E-portfolios Business Activity. Website:www.f...
 * [|Educational Blogging [edna Resources]]
 * This article by Stephen Downes in the September/October 2004 Educause Review considers the use of blogging tools in the classroom. He sees blogging as...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Jan's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Jan's blog
 * [|Boys Blogging Books [edna Resources]]
 * A group of six boys blog about the books they are currently reading.
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Patty's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Patty's blog
 * [|Blogging unit for download [edna Resources]]
 * This blog post by Silvia Tolisano addresses the following topics - introducing the world of academic blogging; online safety; effective commenting; re...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Kim's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * This is a practise blog. Just playing to see how it works out
 * [|Blogging - It's a conversation: Episode 20 (E-learning Insights) [edna Resources]]
 * This episode of E-learning Insights features audio of an hour-long online discussion led Sue Waters, the editor of the Edublogger (the blog of the Edu...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Rae Bromley's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * This blog is about practising
 * [|Learning Futures [edna Groups]]
 * With the advent of 'Web 2.0' and the new activities that it enables, the idea of education as we know it is being challenged. Instant messaging, blogg...
 * [|Research Blogging [edna Resources]]
 * Research Blogging helps users locate and share academic blog posts about peer-reviewed research. Bloggers can use the site???s icon to identify their ...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Kate's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * My blog is about me and my professional life.
 * [|Weblogs and Blogging - Part 1 [edna Resources]]
 * An article on weblogs written by Laurel Anne Clyde, and published on the Free Pint (ISSN 1460-7239) newsletter No.111. The definition of a weblog used...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Jacinta Ryan's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Blogging the VATA journey
 * [|50 useful blogging tools for teachers [edna Resources]]
 * Blogging is becoming more and more popular in the classroom. Teachers can blog to stay in touch with parents and students or they can incorporate blog...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Cathryn Hood's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Cathryn Hood's blog
 * [|Syndication for Higher Ed - Exploring Emerging Practice in RSS, Podcasting, and Blogging on Higher Ed Websites [edna Resources]]
 * The journal of emerging technologies on college and university websites, edited by Dan Karleen.
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|Denise Jeffs' blog [me.edu.au]]
 * Denise Jeffs' blog
 * [|Blogging to Learn [edna Resources]]
 * This paper introduces the blogging phenomenon and presents some options for educators. Some theoretical principles and guidelines for practice are pre...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|david strempel's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * david strempel's blog
 * This paper introduces the blogging phenomenon and presents some options for educators. Some theoretical principles and guidelines for practice are pre...
 * [|Full Record]
 * [|david strempel's blog [me.edu.au]]
 * david strempel's blog