A weblog (blog) is an easy-to-use, online journal in which you and your students can publish thoughts and ideas, get feedback, share information, and interact with others. Blogging is an exciting way to facilitate on-going discussions, critique student work, and promote online learning. This session will provide you with varied examples of blogs and information on how to create a blog.
Educators have been slower to adopt Weblogs for a variety of reasons, among them access, privacy, and security issues. But as more and more people get on the blog bandwagon, more and more teachers and schools are starting to experiment with the technology as a way to communicate with students and parents, archive and publish student work, learn with far-flung collaborators, and "manage" the knowledge that members of the school community create. In fact, many are seeing Weblogs as a cheaper alternative to course management systems.
