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Title:
| Teaching Tips: Using Online Journals and Blogs |
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Description:
| These websites are about using weblogs in the classroom. There are websites where teachers and students can sign up for their own blogs for free. There are also several articles that explain how teachers are using blogs in the classroom. Teachers should be especially cautious about giving out these links as students can access other blogs. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Resource Links:
| BlogMeister
Here is the eMINTS teachers' favorite web site for class blogging. NOTE: The site leads to websites with ads.
BBC News: The Seven Year Old Bloggers
Read about how elementary school students are using blogs in the classroom. NOTE: The "Talk" link leads to message boards. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Blogger: Create Your Blog Now
Take the "What's a Blog" tour and sign up for your own blog. NOTE: The website contains ads and links to other blogs.
Oracle Think.com
This site offers blog services for schools. NOTE: A school technology coordinator has to set up an account for the school.
The Educated Blogger
This paper for educators explores the role of blogs in the classroom and looks at examples of blogs in practice.
Classroom Blogs
This site has blogging tips for teachers, links to blogging websites, and has examples of live classroom blogs.
EduBlogs
This site provides free blogs for students, teachers, librarians, and other educators.
Support Blogging!
This site, which is actually a "wiki," has resources for teachers, students, and administrators to help understand and support educational blogging.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.4, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, 1, 4
If you are an eMINTS teacher and standards have not been defined for your
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