BLOGS

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BLOGS

• By Melissa Gerst

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What is a blog?

• A site that combines links, commentaries, and
  personal thoughts, and essays
• Often referred to as a digital diary or journal
• Blog is slang for web log

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Blog Sites

• Xanga
• LiveJournal
• MySpace
• Blogger

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Sample Blog Page
Blog entry
Avatar
Profile
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How Blogs Work

• http//www.xanga.com/miss2780

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Educational Uses

• Student logs and portfolios
• Meeting place for students, parents, and
  community members
• Peer coaching
• Classroom management
• Knowledge management

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Issues

• Teens take on web personality
• Content inappropriate
• Privacy (how much is too much info on the web)

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Questions??Comments??