All About Blogging

Blogging Research

1. Rationale for Educational Blogging
2. Children Who Blog Or Use Facebook Have Higher Literacy Levels
3. Using Weblogs to Advance Literacy in the K12 Classroom (28-page pdf file)
4. Blogging Study from 2006 (11 pages)
5. Blogging Dissertation from 2007 (283 pages)
6. Blogging Dissertation Summary (8 pages)

Great Educational Blogs

1. David Warlick
2. Will Richardson
3. Wes Fryer
4. Scott McLeod 1
5. Scott McLeod 2
6. Mark Wagner
7. Dean Shareski
8. Andy Carvin
9. The Infinite Thinking Machine
10. Vicki Davis - Camilla, GA
11. Ric Murry - Dalton, GA
12. Buffy Hamilton - Canton, GA
13. Hoke Wilcox - Kennesaw, GA
14. Mark Campoli - Acworth, GA
15. Stephen Rahn - Kennesaw, GA

Some Helpful Blog Postings and Lists

1. Top 100 Technology Blogs for Teachers
2. Links to School Bloggers
3. Why I Want Students to Blog
4. How We’re Reinventing the Blog by Sachin Agarwal (Posterous co-founder)
5. Top 50 Blogs for e-Learning Tools and Tips
6. Blogging Tips in 140 Characters or Less
7. Education Blogs by Discipline
8. 100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators
9. Student and Teacher Blogging that Succeeds
10. 50 Useful Blogging Tools for Teachers
11. Blogging Improves Young People's Confidence in their Writing and Reading
12. 100 Best Blogs for Tech-Savvy Teachers
13. 100 Incredibly Inspiring Blog Posts for Educators
14. Towards Reflective BlogTalk
15. Google Blog Search

Student Blogs

1. The Mighty Writers - 3rd graders in Seattle
2. Extreme Biology!
3. Mr. C's Class Blog
4. Risley Roarer's Blog - 5th graders in Nevada
5. Tell the Raven - 6th graders in Alaska
6. Mr. Rodgers' 6th Graders - Ohio
7. Full House Eights - 8th graders in Toronto
8. English Corner - 6th graders from Norcross, GA
9. Mrs. Peterson - 6th graders from Johns Creek, GA
10. CEMA Reads - 7th & 8th graders from Savannah, GA

Places to set up a free blog.

1. Class Blogmeister
2. WordPress
3. Edublogs
4. LiveJournal
5. ePals SchoolBlog
1. Posterous.com
2. Tumblr.com