Assignment+5~Blogs

**__ASSIGNMENT #5~BLOGS__**  [] 
 * Link to my Blog**
 * Blog Article Review**

@http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/blog-basics This was probably my favorite article. I found this very helpful in learning about blogs and how to make them meaningful in the classroom. This article covered everything from "What is a blog?" to "Educational Benefits of Blogs" to "Blog Risks," "Preparing Students for Blogging'" etc. Very useful and helpful article.

[] This website has a lot of good information on and ideas for blogging. I found the article in the above link really helpful in providing me with ideas for using blogs in the classroom.

[] This article highlghted how in today's world, with kids being more and more "tech-savvy," that blogging is quickly becoming the norm in education as it allows all students the opportunity to self-express, reflect, and respond to anyone. Kids are so excited when it comes to doing anything with computers that incorporating blogging into everyday teaching is the smart choice to get kids excited about learning. The article further goes on to say that because students know that not just the teacher can see their wrtiting, that they are more apt to make more of an effort in their work.

[] This article was really interesting in that it first explained how several teachers are using blogs in their classrooms,then it focused on why these teachers liked blogs, and then finally it weighed in on the pros and cons (and the debate of whether blogs are a good or bad resource) of blog usage in the classroom. One of the uses of blogs mentioned that I would love to try in my own classroom, was using them as a way for students to become "modern-day penpals," blogging allowed students to communicate/have discussions with students from other classes, other high school in the area, as well as across the nation and internationally.

@http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm This was not an actual article on blogging, but rather a website that is a resource to teachers to help them learn about blogs, starting a blog, and also provides blogging ideas to be used in the classroom.

[] This is actually a blog/article. The author of this blog/article explains to us the Student Blogging Guidelines that she set up with the help of her students, and that now are the norm within their school district. Interestingly, the base for the guidelines were created by the 4th graders after they started blogging, and were built from there. I found the 10 guidelines very useful and they would be very easy for all grade levels to understand

http://thejournal.com/articles/2007/02/26/moderating-and-ethics-for-the-classroom-instructional-blog_633573844495478025.aspx This article presented the values of using blogs in the classroom and how students benefit from blogging. It also covered guidelines one should follow in order to have a meaningful and successful educational/instructional blog.