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 * http://bit.ly/olmy

[|Technorati Blogosphere Update]
 * __The Potentials for Blogging__**
 * 200 million blogs
 * <1.5 million posts a day

[|Some Demographics of Bloggers]
 * 63% of respondents say that blogging has led them to become more involved with things they’re passionate about as a result of blogging.
 * Respondents report that blogging has had chiefly positive impacts on their personal lives; just 6% say that relationships with friends or family members have suffered as a result of blogging.

My blog is at [|Weblogg-ed]
 * Over 4,000 posts
 * About 1.1 million words
 * Over 18,000 comments


 * Benefits**:
 * Motivation
 * Writing Skills
 * Reading Skills
 * Collaboration
 * Network Building
 * Community Building

Anne Davis' "[|Rationale for Blogging]"

[|NCTE Literacies]

__**Reading Blogs**__ Find bloggers that share your passion!
 * [|Support Blogging] has a GREAT list of teacher, administrator and classroom blogs.
 * [|Google Blog Search]
 * [|Google Reader]
 * [|Edublog Awards]

__**Blogging Platforms**__
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|Edublogs]
 * [|Blogmeister]
 * [|21Classes]
 * [|Twitter]
 * [|Posterous]
 * [|Tumblr]
 * [|Edmodo]
 * [|Kidblogs]
 * Also, check out Anne Davis' "[|Blogging: It's Elementary]" a great Webquest to get started.


 * __Blogging the Verb__**
 * Posting assignments. (Not blogging)
 * Journaling, i.e. “This is what I did today.” (Not blogging)
 * Posting links (Not blogging)
 * Links with descriptive annotation, i.e. “This site is about…” (Not really blogging either, but getting close depending on the depth of the description.)
 * Links with analysis that gets into the meaning of the content being linked. (A simple form of blogging.)
 * Reflective, meta-cognitive writing on practice without links. (Complex writing, but simple blogging, I think. Commenting would probably fall in here somewhere.)
 * Links with analysis and synthesis that articulates a deeper understanding or relationship to the content being linked and written with potential audience response in mind. (Real blogging)
 * Extended analysis and synthesis over a longer period of time that builds on previous posts, links and comments. (Complex blogging)


 * __Blogging in Professional Practice__**


 * [|Chris Lehmann] (High school administrator from Philadelphia.)
 * [|Dean Shareski] (Learning consultant from Canada. See his post on [|student and teacher blogging].)
 * [|danah boyd] (Harvard fellow and researcher on all things kids and social networking related.)
 * [|Dan Meyer] (Math teacher in California.)
 * [|Joyce Valenza] (Pa. librarian blog.)
 * [|Clarence Fisher](Classroom teacher in Canada.)
 * [|Blogging Rubric]
 * [|Karl Fisch] (Technology Integrator in Colorado)
 * [|Tom Barrett] (Classroom teacher in UK)
 * [|Paula Naugle] (Classroom teacher in New Orleans)
 * [|Shelley Wright](Classroom teacher in Canada)
 * "[|Loss]"
 * "[|The Power of the 21st Century Classroom]"


 * __Blogging in Classrooms__**
 * [|Many Voices for Darfur] (A one post project blog.)
 * [|Secret Life of Bees] (Literature blog that features the author.)
 * [|Guerilla Season] (Literature blog that features the author.)
 * [|Civil War Sallie]
 * [|Extreme Biology] (Science classroom blog using and interesting theme.)
 * [|Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog]
 * [|Two Writing Teachers]
 * Konrad Glogowski "[|How to Grow a Blog]"
 * An interesting [|post and comments from Tom Barrett].


 * Look for the [|Student Blogging Challenge from Edublogs] as well. (This is a great post to help set up your blog.)

__**Policy and Pedagogy**__
 * [|Anne Davis Wiki]
 * [|Arapahoe HS Blog Policy]
 * Support Blogging.org
 * [|"Classroom Blogging Guidelines" search]

__**Blog Bling**__
 * [|ClustrMap]
 * [|Google Analytics]
 * [|50 Great Widgets for your Blog]
 * __Adding Polls to your Blog__
 * [|PollDadd]y

__**The Future of Blogs**__
 * More interactive
 * Widgets and Plugins
 * Convergence
 * Drupal
 * Moodle
 * Multimedia
 * [|Podomatic]
 * [|YouTube]

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