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What is the difference between a blog and a wiki?
A blog is an online journal that allows the owner to post entries that are generally displayed in reverse chronological order.Many blogs allow readers to comment on these posts.

A wiki is a type of website that allows multiple users to collaboratively create and edit pages.

[|Blogs in Plain English] By Common Craft
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What are Blogs?
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from [|Lee LeFever] //A blog is similar to a diary or journal that is organized, managed and made available through a website. Using a blog, a person can post information to a website on a regular basis and have their posts archived, searchable and categorized for easy reference.//

from [|Net Alert Limited]

from [|The English Department] //A blog can be used to://
 * //record your daily life//
 * //reflect on what happened to you//
 * //share links/photos/online materials with others//
 * //comment on articles you have read//
 * //write chapters to a short story//
 * //invite people to react and think about issues you both are interested in//
 * //post tips, advice, and suggestions//
 * //share useful material for the content you are developing//
 * //concentrate on a specific skill//
 * //record classroom experiences//
 * //reflect on the learning process//
 * //post your assignments//

Blogging 101 Patrick Crispin

Classroom uses of Blogs
Ideas from workshop Lee County Teachers

Great Ideas for using blogs

from [|Anne Davis] scroll down to October 5, 2004 - Great examples!

Blog [|rubric]

How you should/shouldn't use blogs in education (author unknown)

Good Stuff to Read
[|David Warlick]

from [|Seattle Times] //Teachers are reaching out to students with a new class of blogs//

Classroom Blogging from Jeanne Simpson

Ideas for Blogging from Source Unknown

Blog accounts
[|How to set up an Edublog account] - David Warlick [|Educator's Guide to Blogging] - David Warlick

[|Setting up a Blogmeister Account] Lee County Schools Code: wtxemesx Blogmeister allows you to enable student blogs

[|Gaggle] Blogs, email,digital locker, chat rooms, and message boards

Teacher Blogs
[|Will Richardson] [|Cool Cat Teacher] [|Wesley Fryer] [|Jeff Utecht] [|Miguel Guhlin] [|Danita Russell] [|Kim Collazo] Blogs on Educational Blogging [|MHetherinton] [|The English Department] [|EduBlogger List]

Student Blogs
Student Blogs [|Room 613] [|Priestsic6 ·] [|Verrado Middle School] [|Middle Schools Science Student's Blogs] [|Blog Write] [|World Literature]