EDT+650+~+Blogging

= Blogging   = 

**http://supportblogging.com/Educational+Blogging** The article gives an excellent introduction to blogging in education. It provides very basic definitions and explanations.....   This would be a great article to give to adminstrators/principals to support your interest in starting a classroom blog.
 * Educational Blogging ~** **What is a blog?**
 * of what bogging is
 * what educational blogging is
 * uses for blogging in education
 * what blogging does for students
 * and lastly how blogging can empower students ~ giving voice to often unheard voices.

**Links To School Bloggers** http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers This is not an article but is a good source of over a hundred links to educator's blogs.

**33 Ways to Use Blogs Your Classroom and the Educational Setting** http://issuu.com/krisrocs/docs/33_ways_to_use_blogs_in_your_classroom_and_in_the_ This is a list of 33 very practical ways that you could use a blog in your classroom. Many of the ideas given would be very applicable to the elementary classroom not only for educational information and communication but also assessment and writing activities. Fun ideas presented.

**Blogging For the 21st Century Teacher** http://issuu.com/krisrocs/docs/blogging_basics_helpsheet How to set up a blog for educational purposes is the focus of this article. There where several questions I had in regards to blogging in the classroom and keeping control over what was posted and the appropriateness of a post on my blog. This article explains how to set those controls in place as a teacher. The article is published by Blogger.com and provides that link to create your blog. With that being said, it does provide you with step by step instructions with pictures from the actual site along with side bar comments on why as a teacher they would recommend using a given setting. This will be a site that I will use as I look at setting up a blog for use by my students.

** How To Use Blogs In The Classroom ** http://secondlanguagewriting.com/explorations/Archives/2006/Jun/HowtoUseBlogsintheClassr.html Charles Nelson, the author of this article references other's written articles in regards to classroom blog use. Some of the main points that are given for consideration are....
 * the age of the student and their abilities to discern the difference between what is private and public information that is given on a post.
 * with older students it was the opinion of James Farmer that interactive opinion blogs alone aren't enough. Blogs should include links to RSS sites so the students are getting information from reputible news sources.
 *  In the conclusions Mr. Nelson states that with the use of blog writing and news feeds the students can develop their reading and writing skills, connect with other students and the bigger world and also develop their critical thinking.

**Additional Links to Explore** http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers/ http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/30/50-must-read-up-and-coming-blogs-by-teachers/ http://chrisjohnsonlai598.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-ways-to-use-blogs-in-class.html http://bdelloso.blogspot.com/2008/09/3-ways-to-use-blogs-in-classroom.html http://urbanmusiceducation.org/about http://amymburns.musiced.net/2010/05/13/this-12-year-old-youtube-sensation-made-me-think/ http://jamesfrankel.musiced.net/2010/05/14/the-power-of-youtube/  http://musiced.net/ http://amymburns.musiced.net/ http://www.musicedmagic.com/ http://musiced.about.com/b/ http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-first-ever-music-education-blog-carnival/ http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/ http://debbiecavalier.berkleemusicblogs.com/ http://teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/may-2010/ http://teachers.net/mentors/music/