Blogs

**Blog** is short for **Weblog**. It was divided by one of the first bloggers into we blog and then used as the noun and verb we have today.
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**Blog Uses for Teachers:**

 * Use it to gather information from others in your profession or hobby
 * Read blogs by teachers whose ideas you like
 * Use it to communicate with students and parents
 * Post assignments
 * Get students to read, write and think about discussion prompts
 * Get students to ask and answer questions
 * Communicate with student and parents about resources for your class

There are three approved sites to create a blog in our district. Please refer to our district policy They are: >> @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA4s3wN_vK8
 * **[[image:blogger20x20.gif link="@http://www.blogger.com"]]B**logger - Most popular and used in our district
 * Blogger is a Google product
 * Video tutorial on how to set up your blog and create your first post
 * Now try it: go to Blogger
 * Others approved by our district:
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=**Examples of Teacher Blogs**:= My son's French teacher has a blog and a wiki with many links: Mlle Williams


 * Teacher Blog Resources **

Free Tech 4 Teachers [] Teaching students with new tools, enthusiasm, and belief that teaching is a **noble** calling. [] 20 blogs that have taught us a few things, made us laugh, made us cry, and reminded us that we are not alone in this sometimes stress-inducing, always awe-inspiring profession. [] Teacher Lingo is an educational community of teacher blogs, lesson plans, and other teacher resources. [] A collection of blogs that are for a variety of subject and grade level teachers.

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