All Things PLC - SCF Transitions to Blogspot

In an effort to improve the level of communication between members of the SCF PLCs and our work based on DuFour's essential questions, this blogs intention is to create a one-stop-shop of sorts for the various initiatives we are currently working on here at SCF.  Additional resource information and updates on state initiatives will also be posted from time to time.

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Teacher Tools That Integrate Technology: Educational Blogging

There are many “tools” that use the power of technology to make teaching easier – classroom calendars, quiz makers, and lesson builders to name a few.  Over the last few years, blogs have evolved into an exciting web-based publishing tool for individuals who want to communicate opinions and ideas, participate in online communities, or share their knowledge and experiences. As of February 2008, the blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs, which is probably just scratching the surface. Thanks to free blogging software, anyone can “blog” and obviously does!

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What is a blog?

A blog (combining the words web and log) is a web page on which the owner can publish, or log, many entries. The entries are displayed as they are added and can look like journal or diary entries. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging.” Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries.” A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger.” Posts consist of text, hypertext, images, and links to other web pages and to video, audio and other files. The most popular blogs (the ones that have the most viewers and links from other web pages) cover politics, gadgets, and entertainment (see http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/blogs).

-Teacher Tools that integration Technology from: http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/water-ice-and-snow/teacher-tools-that-integrate-technology-educational-blogging