What's a blog?
blog [blawg, blog]
noun
1. a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.
2. a single entry or post on such a website: She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine's website.
verb (used without object), blogged, blogging.
3. to maintain or add new entries to a blog
verb (used with object) blogged, blogging
4. to express or write about on a blog: She's been blogging her illness almost a year.
noun
1. a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.
2. a single entry or post on such a website: She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine's website.
verb (used without object), blogged, blogging.
3. to maintain or add new entries to a blog
verb (used with object) blogged, blogging
4. to express or write about on a blog: She's been blogging her illness almost a year.
Blog entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.
Classroom Blogs and Student Blogging: Invaluable Opportunity
(12 Reasons to Blog with Your Students by Victoria Davis)
(12 Reasons to Blog with Your Students by Victoria Davis)
Blogging for Engagement and Ownership of Learning
Learners in Mrs. Smith's class are still blogging. Check out current and recent posts HERE.
Blogs can be a leveler for showcasing, in a positive manner, the achievements of learners with a wide range of gifts and abilities.
Some Interesting and Relevant Blogs
- Ms. Cassidy's Classroom Blog: A Class of Six Years Inviting the World into their Classroom (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan)
- Wright's Room by Saskatchewan High School Teacher Shelley Wright
- Huzzah! - Jan Smith's Grade 6/7 Class Blog (Comox, BC)
- Learning is Messy by Nevada Teacher Brian Crosby
- SpeEdChange by Ira Socol, Author of "Toolbelt Theory"
- Ideas and Thoughts: Learning Stuff Since 1964 by Saskatchewan Educator Dean Shareski
- Literacy, AAC, and Assistive Technology by Jane Farrall, Australian SLP
- A.T.Tipscast: Assistive Technology Tools in Public School by AT Specialist Chris Bugaj
- Love that Max by Ellen Seidman, Mother of Child with Special Needs (Must-Read-Post: My Child with Special Needs is Not a Burden to Society)
- Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs by SpEd Teacher Kate Ahearn
- Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne, Teacher from Maine
- Android4Schools by Richard Byrne, Teacher from Maine
- iPad Apps 4 School by Maine Teacher Richard Byrne