Blogging

What is a blog anyway?

Blog Definitions
This commercial site provides definitions, descriptions and introductory resources on the term 'blog' (weblogs / web logs).

elearn space blog
This blog site is hosted by George Siemens, an instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He believes in "the potential of technology to transform learning" and is convinced that existing educational perspectives need to be revised to meet the needs of "today's students".

Getting Started

Visit some of the free blog sites below to get started on your blog.

• Elgg:
  Elgg's social networking system offers free blog accounts that can be shared or private. One of the creators of Elgg, David Tosh, believes that creating "fun, useful on line learning communities will place the student/learner at the center of their learning".
• http://spaces.msn.com/
• http://www.blogger.com/start
• Weblogs @ UBC

Tutorials and Resources

Blogging Tutorials and Resources
This site by elearnspace features blog introductions, definitions, uses benefits and implications of blogging.

Free blogging tutorials
This blog by Darren Rowse features free blogging tutorials

Advanced Blogging Technology

Blogging and RSS Blogger Will Richardson is supervisor of instructional technology at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Fleming, New Jersey. He addresses RSS or (Real Simple Syndication) and how instructors and students can use these innovative web tools to manage, use and find information.
Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/

Dreamweaver Blog Tutorial
For the technologically advanced user, Marius Zaharia, a senior technical writer provides a free step by step blog tutorial for creating your blog using Dreamweaver software.

Samples from Blogging in Education

University of Waterloo
Read award winning blogs created by first year students.

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