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We're Not in Kansas Anymore [|April Chamberlain]

Article:
What is weblogs, blogs? Video by Will Richardson

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[|Blogging? It's Elementary, My Dear Watson!] explains what a blog is, how teachers are using them in the classroom, what you need to begin, and discusses Internet safety

[|Ways to use weblogs in education]

[|Blogging: It's Elementary!] a webquest to introduce elementary students to blogging by Anne Davis

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Student Use:
Imagine high school students eager to discuss current affairs and other weighty topics with their teachers and fellow classmates – so eager, in fact, that they’re willing to give up some of their off-school hours for the chance. No, we’re not describing the remake of //Goodbye, Mr. Chips//. This story, in fact, might be titled “Hello, Mr. Chip.” Because, of course, there are computers involved. It’s all part of an ongoing, cross-curricular activity devised by Hewitt-Trussville High School teachers Jennifer Cardwell (English) and Tim Shull (History) that combines writing, civic literacy, social networking and student opinion-gathering into something that’s not quite homework—and not quite schoolwork, either. - original posted in the Working Towards Excellence Journal, http://www.abpc21.org/beattheclock.html > Example - Tiny Ted from Wales, http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=bbb4e8d3-acf0-4ff0-84a0-ee4c3f25898b and http://maythetechbewithyou.blogspot.com/ > > Of course a buddy needs to have a record of his or her trip (in the form of images and a diary or blog produced by the children looking after the buddy) and they should also keep in touch by writing emails home. At the end of the exchange the buddy returns home with share their adventures with the children. > If you want to host a travel buddy please choose [|__List of Buddies__]link from the menu. If you would like to organise your own travel buddy, please read the [|__participation details.__]A good way to keep in touch with other interested people is to join the travel buddies email list. It is also a great way to get in touch with other schools from around the world. The mailing list can be found [|__here__ >]
 * K - 3**
 * [|A Space of Your Own] Find out how Pam Pritchard, a reading intervention specialist for elemntary students in rural Ohio, uses blogging in her program
 * [|The Seven-Year-Old Bloggers]
 * [|Room 208] Bob Sprankle, Wells, ME
 * A **Travel Buddy** is a soft toy or a puppet that travels as a representative of a school, class or an organisation. The buddy may be sent in a cultural exchange with a another school or class or it may travel to many destinations on an itinerary planned by the buddy's "family". The travel buddy becomes a guest of the host location and participates in activities with the children, both in and out of school.


 * 4 - 6**
 * [|Studio Four-News] has each student in the class to opportunity to be the reporter in the classroom. These reports are written entirely at home.
 * [|The Eleanor Rigby Project] is an online collaborative project for middle school students from around the globe. The focus of our project is learning about those who find themselves living on the street. The Eleanor Rigby Project will help students examine not only the people behind the name "homeless", they will examine their own attitudes and biases towards these people. By participating in a dialogue about what part we can play in helping those on the street find their true home, project participants will move closer to the understanding that: "Poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty." (Mother Teresa)


 * 7 - 12**
 * [|Excellence and Imagination] This blog is our classroom portal. It is the space for a combined grade 7 / 8 class at Joseph H. Kerr School in Snow Lake, MB. We are a class that works hard to connect with other learners around the globe. We blog, we shoot videos, we podcast, we use wikis to help us plan and to connect ourselves with what we are learning.
 * [|High School Art Club run by students] Hunterdon Central High School, New Jersey
 * [|High School Video Club]


 * Higher Ed**
 * 1) Subject Specific
 * Science
 * [|Honor's Biology] Randy Fullington, Greenville High School, Greenville, Alabama
 * [|Chemistry] Julina Coleman, Mountain Brook High School, Mountain Brook, Alabama.
 * [|Biolody News Net]
 * Math
 * [|Pre-Cal 20s] An interactive log for students and aprents in [|Darren Kuropatwa's] Pre-Cal 20s class also http://abpc.wikispaces.com/Darren
 * [|GeoBlog / 2006-2007 / 2nd Period], Suzanne Culbreth, Oak Mountain High School, Birmingham, Alabama
 * Social Studies
 * [|Room 613 talk] Mr. Hetherington, 6th Grade Social Studies Class in Connecticut
 * Language Arts
 * [|Blogging to Teach Reading]
 * [|The Secret Life of Bees] by [|Will Richardson's] students
 * High School Journalism, http://central.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/mcjournalism/
 * [|The Write Weblog] by [|Anne Davis] and her students

Professional Use:

 * [|A Difference], Darren Kuropatwa
 * [|Bud the Teacher], Bud Hunt
 * [|Edublog Insights], Anne Davis
 * [|Weblogg-ed], Will Richardson
 * [|21st Century Collaborative], Sheryl Nussbaum Beach

Resources:

 * Free Blogging Services**
 * [|Edublogs -]  [|Step-By-Step Using EduBlogs Setting Up a Blog With EduBlogs.doc]
 * [|Class Blogmeister]


 * Blog Safety**
 * [|How Can Children Stay Safe Using Blogs?]
 * [|Safe Blogging] Jeanne Simpson's class blogging policy
 * [|Etiquette] Mr. Malandrakis' class blogging policy
 * [|Another Take on Blogging Rules] Ben Wilkoff's blogging policies
 * [|Tuesday Night Reflections] Ryan Maksymchuk's reflective class blogging shoulds and should nots
 * [|Blogging Parent Letters] Bud Hunt wiki


 * Ready made presentations, handouts, and movies**
 * Blogging Workshop virtual handout
 * [|Second Nature - Extending Dialogue in the Blogosphere] presented Lani Ritter Hall
 * [|Blog If You Love Learning] by Mark Wagner