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Technorati, a mashup of th words technology and literati, is a search engine designed specifically for searing blogs. Basically, it tracks and links to the top blogs, posts, and tags. The site also has many channels which feature columns that cover specific niches of the blogosphere and news. The service uses and contributes to open source software.

I would use Tumblr in my classroom as a platform where my posts would be the primary source and students would be requested to add a post to my initial post after every class with any questions, comments or concerns they had about the lesson. This would be an integral part of the classroom which would be introduced on the first day of class and would be followed throughout the duration of the classroom. Responses to the posts would be factored in to the student's final grade.

WordPress is a user friendly website that allows even a novice blogger to blog like a champion. There is a very nice tutorial that will teach a user everything they need to know. WordPress allows users to include maps, pictures, videos, posts, discussions, polls, and much more!