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Does a blog have to have two way communication to be a blog? Could it be simply a journal or log online? What about Tumblr? Twitter? Are these blogs?

a long list of possible alternatives

is a new service that is best described as a blog platform that offers rich multimedia commenting. If you've ever tried Tumblr, Web Doc will initial look familiar to you. Web Doc makes it easy to create a new post full of multiple media formats. Web Doc provides templates for changing the visual background of each post, widgets for all kinds of purposes (calendar, games, etc), and of course lots of options for video and image display. What makes Web Doc unique is that people who visit your Web Doc can reply with Web Docs of their own. In other words, the comments written in reply to your Web Doc can contain all of the rich multimedia elements that a Web Doc started from scratch can contain. This takes commenting to a new level compared to "traditional" blog platforms that only allow hyperlinks to be inserted into a comment.

More talk about Kahn

Seven good virtual field trips from SimpleK12 Blog #edchat

Great examples of how to use Expressions in the classroom. If only they explained how the set them up.

Nancy Flanagan shares an interesting perspective on what teachers do and don't need from PD

Embed your flashcards onto a website

Very good ideas for some upper level literature classes

a list of 20 skills that "every" educator should have and links to the sites and tutorials related to those skills. Great set of basic skills for 21st Century teachers and administrators

Guide to creating Prezis including some advanced techniques.