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Workshop Resources
Blog Examples
Thousands of blogs are created every day. Here
are a few of note:
- Blog
for America - Howard Dean used
technology, particularlly this blog, to change the way political
campaigns are run and
almost captured the Democratic nomination.
- Instapundit - A powerful force in journalism with over 120,000
visitors a day.
- Where
is Raed? - Iraqi citizens Raed and Salam post about goings
on in Iraq. This blog has led to a movie deal and more net coverage
like this and
this.
- BoingBoing - Notice all the sponsor links...what does that
tell you?
- One
Trick Cyber-Pony - Blog from WebQuest guru, Bernie Dodge
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Blog Resources
Blog Hosting Services
- Blogger - One of the first and biggest, now owned by Google.
We will use Blogger to host our workshop blog. Blogger also provides
free hosting at it's Blogspot site.
- Xanga -
Very popular with the teen and college crowd. Wondering
what teens are into...it's all here...it's scary.
- LiveJournal -
Another popular and solid blog provider and hosting service.
- BlogDrive -
Powerful and clean...and free.
- Bloglines - If you want to read lots of blogs, but don't
have time to check them all...then Bloglines is for you. Bloglines
allows you to read all the new posts from one location using
RSS.
And a Host of Others...
Blog Creation Software
- Movable
Type - A powerful (and free to schools!)
development tool for designing and creating your own blogs.
- TypePad - Similar to MovableType (also free!)
- Manila - Complete content management system creation software
(not free to schools) for websites, blogs etc.
Educational Blog Resources
- Educational
Bloggers Network - Tons of resources on blogging and other
educational technology topics.
- weblogg-ed - A great blog especially about blogs in education.
Lots of resources and examples.
- Blogging
Across the Curriculum - Educational blogs and resources
from a college English professor.
- EdBlogger
Praxis - Links to lots of educational blogs as well as
an insightful blog on educational uses of blogs.
- eduBlognews -
Another great blog about blogs in education. Links to lots
of educational blogs.
- Blog
History - This blog entry from a pioneer blogger details
the origins and history of blogging.
- Blogging
and RSS - Excellent article discussing the potential
and power of blogging and RSS for educators.
Wiki Resources
- pmWiki - An open source (free) wiki package that is reasonably
easy to set up. You do need server space and a working knowledge
of FTP. I got one up and running in about 10 minutes (not my ususal
with new technologies!)
- Examples - from the home page
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