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In a broader and more educational system, blogs are about communicating. You observe your experience, reflect on it, and then write about it. Other people read your reflections, respond from their perspectives by commenting or writing their own blog article. You read their perspectives, often learn something through their eyes, and write some more. 1. Blogging is about reading and writing. 2. Literacy is about reading and writing. 3. Blogging is about literacy. (dfw)

This is a place to list subject-specific or role-specific, P-12-oriented blogs that are worth sharing with others. Only list really good blogs (not wikis or web sites), please!

Here you will find the Top 10 Language Blogs in the category 'Language Technology'. This category is for blogs discussing technology as part of the language learning process.

Blogs offer an excellent way for communities to come together over a common interest despite physical location. Educators can take advantage of this shared pool of knowledge to find inspiration, enhance their teaching, and help students learn more. The following blog posts come from a variety of bloggers sharing their passion and insight.

"delve into the topic of copyright and Creative Commons to help my students develop good blogging habits."

"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."

Hotlist of school blogs.

LIve blog from Discovery webinar with Jason Ohler

As a modern day library student, you're probably excited about discovering and experimenting with the new tools and systems that have changed the way we find, receive and catalog information. But with all of the new technology out there, it can be hard to keep track of everything beyond your own niche field of study. This collection of library and information technology blogs have changed that, and now you'll be able to learn about all of the trends, developments, tools and resources available to librarians in every niche.

As suggested by Jim Gates, if you use google earth very often then you should subscribe to this blog

"...several common mistakes that should be avoided when using blogs in instruction."

"This blog is for elementary students to share their comments. There will be a new post every Monday. Students are encouraged to write often and as much as they wish in response to the post."

The place to post everything. Just email us. Dead simple blog by email.

Showbeyond is a multimedia slidecast creator, online publishing platform, and story sharing community. With Showbeyond, you can easily grab your images, then add your sound and text to create multimedia stories. Now you can share your stories with friends or post to blogs and social networking sites!

Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you. With a super easy set-up, clean interface and multiple transition and theme options, Slide is among the most popular tools for self expression on the web today. Slide can be embedded onto any website, viewed on your desktop or shared with your friends or fans. Slide supports dozens of social networking and blog platforms, including MySpace, MySpace Blogs, Bebo, Blogger, eBay, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, livedoor, LiveJournal, Piczo, Sina.com, Sohu.com, Tagged, Typepad, Windows Live Spaces, Wretch, Yahoo! 360 and Xanga.

Welcome! ClassChatter offers free blogging and web tools for teachers at all levels of education. Our first goal is to provide a safe haven for teachers and students on the web. You will find a secure and private environment, free of any advertising directed at your students. We hope that you will discover useful tools that will help move your students more rapidly into 21st century communications and collaboration!

A comparison table of blogs, wikis, and Google Docs.

Easy to read: TTJunior.com offers easy-to-read news stories for 2nd Graders, 3rd Graders and advanced 1st Graders, as well as remediation and ESL for all grades. Easy to write: Students can post blog comments that teachers review before publication. Click below to sign up. It's fast, easy and free!

Red Lion's self hosted wordpress site.