BP2_2010033_edublogs

In a survey that I conducted in January 2010 I found that most of my students and their parents in my rural school district did not know what a blog was, understandably so. I didn’t even really understand what it was before November 2009. Many of my students now have a better understanding for this form communication, however they have not participated in one yet. According to Flierl and Fowler ,(2007) both blogs and Wikis “can be used by educators to engage students in digital discussions and create a workspace for collaborative projects.” I n this article the authors site eight different URLs that they found would be beneficial to educators of all different disciplines.
One of the sites that interested me the most was Edublogs. This site was very easy to navigate. I was able to create two independent blogs. One was under the student option the other under the pro option. Both were free and once opened there was plenty of information to guide you through the process of beginning your own blog for educational purposes. Once I signed in on the student site blog site, it immediately offered suggestions on getting your blog started with “weekly tasks for class blogs”. I was excited to see that one of the first items on the list was to add the blog to the Google Reader. Since I am becoming more and more comfortable with Google accounts I was glad to see something familiar in the maze of new technology.
Another feature on the site was Sue’s Here’s My First Five Tips For Writing Better Blog Posts — What Are Yours? She had some excellent suggestions for how to get started. Like use short paragraphs and make sure that you have a heading. Both of these ideas will incise readings.






FLIERL, R., & FOWLER, H. (2007). Educational Uses of Blogs and Wikis. Phi Delta Kappan, 89(3), C3. Retrieved from Education Research Complete database.

The Edubloger (2010) Retrieved on March 3,20101 from http://theedublogger.com/