Blogs

Blogs are a great way to reflect on your research (be sure to maintain confidentiality) and to share your findings. Here are some resources to get you started:


 * What is a blog?**


 * **[|Userland: What is a weblog?] -** Simple page explains blogs and what they accomplish that Word and e-mail can't.http://www.userland.com/whatAreWeblogs


 * **[|Harvard Weblogs: What makes a weblog a weblog?] -** A detailed explanation of weblogs that uses analogies & contrasts to explain the concept. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/whatMakesAWeblogAWeblog


 * **[|Kairo's News] -** An outstanding, step-by-step explanation of what blogs are, with fantastic links to articles, research, and examples of how blogging is being used at various levels of education. http://kairosnews.org/node/3458


 * How does one "blog?"**


 * **[|The Blue Skunk Blog: Young Bloggers, Can We Stop Them? Can We Steer Them? -]**An educator uses his blog as a tool for thinking and learning about blogging with others.


 * **[|How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)] -** Tips for avoiding some of the dangers associated with blogging. http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php


 * **[|10 Ways to Create Content for Your Weblog] -** A very helpful article targeting bloggers that contains 10 helpful tips for overcoming writer's block, along with a list of links to other useful articles on blogging that will be especially helpful to beginners. http://weblogs.about.com/od/writingandcontent/a/blogcontent.htm


 * **[|The Educated Blogger: Using Weblogs to Support Literacy in the Classroom] -** This brief article describes how blogs support literacy development by promoting reading, writing, storytelling, self-expression, and the development of digital literacy skills. It offers links to sample blogs. http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue9_6/huffaker/


 * **[|Into the Blogosphere: Remediation, Genre, and Motivation: Key Concepts for Teaching with Weblogs]**- This thoughtful, well-structured article describes the results of a study on the use of weblogs with students. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/remediation_genre.html


 * **[|Bibliography of Research on Blogging] -** An alphabetized bibliography of research on blogging in the last 5-6 years. http://blogresearch.com/ref.htm


 * What are some resources that teacher-researchers can use to get started?**


 * **[|Audioblogger.com] -** Post an audio blog from the convenience of a cell phone for free! [|http://www.audioblogger.com]


 * **[|Blogger.com]** - A free, easy-to-use blogging service that will have you blogging in just 3 easy steps.


 * **[|Videoblogging.info] -** A simple introduction to the what, why, and how of videoblogging. http://www.videoblogging.info/


 * **[|How to Create a Vodcast] -** 8 steps to creating your very own vodcast!


 * How can I keep up with the blogs I like to read and/or make it easy for others to know when I have updated mine?**


 * **[|Bloglines]** - (For use with websites that offer RSS or XML feeds) A few simple clicks of your mouse will allow you to download a newsreader that will compile and organize your blog and news feeds from various sources. [|http://www.bloglines.com]


 * **[|Bloglines Step-by-Step] -** Offers a short description of how to add feeds to your //Bloglines// aggregator. http://alex.halavais.net/news/index.php?p=872


 * **[|RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators] -** [[image:file:clip_image002.gif width="109" height="191"]]This link will take you to the table of contents for a comprehensive guide to RSS feeds. The guide offers step-by-step explanations for teachers who want to begin subscribing to various RSS feeds (beginning with an explanation of RSS!) and can be downloaded as a PDF. http://www.weblogg-ed.com/rss_for_ed