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Leveraging Weblogs for Educators: A Comprehensive Guide

Discover the benefits, tools, and examples of using weblogs in education. Learn about personal web publishing communities and various ways to start your own blog. Explore resources for setting up and reading blogs.

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Leveraging Weblogs for Educators: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. Blogs for Educators Karen Work Richardson April 4, 2004 http://www.ivyrun.com karen@ivyrun.com

  2. Defining Weblogs • “Weblogs are often-updated sites that point to articles elsewhere on the web, often with comments, and to on-site articles. A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. “ Dave Winer, The Scripting News • Personal Web Publishing Communities

  3. Examples • Libraries: http://www.rcpl.info/services/liblog.html • Candidates: http://www.blogforamerica.com/ • Andy Carvin: http://edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ • Iceblog: http://iceblog.puddingbowl.org/ • Education: http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ • Need more? Check out Yahoo’s directory

  4. Why Weblogs? • Solve a variety of web publishing problems • No need to learn html, ftp, etc. • Ability to publish anywhere, anytime • Offer potential for collaboration • Free tools are available • Different from a regular webpage or a discussion forum

  5. Three Ways to Blog On the Web: • Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com/ • Blogger: http://www.blogger.com • SchoolBlogs: http://www.schoolblogs.com/ On your own Computer: • UserLand: http://radio.userland.com On your own Server: • Manila: http://manila.userland.com/ • Movable Type: http://www.movabletype.org/ Need more? • Weblogs Compendium • Blogroots

  6. Using Blogs in Education • General Information • Webtools Newsletter • Weblogs: Personal eLearning Space (pdf) • School Websites • Portland Public Schools • Goochland County • Teacher Websites • Ms. Jackson at Goochland HS • Music Site at De Anza College • Student Websites • British School of Amsterdam • The Secret Life of Bees

  7. Setting Up a Blog • Which service are you going to use? • Where will you host it? • Most online sites offer hosting space • http://vcol.blogspot.com • You can use your own hosting space, too. • http://www.ivyrun.com/simplyk/blog/simplyk.html • What are you going to do with it?

  8. Reading Blogs • Blogrolling • RSS, Atom, Newsfeeds, Aggregators, Syndication, XML • Here’s a good introduction • Online: • Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com • Yahoo Directory • Open Directory Listing

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