Step 2 Face to Face Discussion About Blogging

If possible, participants will increase their knowledge about blogs and some of the issues related to blogs by participating in a face to face awareness raising session about blogs, then proceed to step 3.

If participants are doing this remotely and it is not possible to attend a face to face discussion, then participants should take some time to skim the following articles

http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml

http://news.com.com/Blogging+101--Web+logs+go+to+school/2100-1032_3-5895779.html

Participants should also explore some real live examples of blogs in education (these are elementary, but there are lots of high school examples in the next section on Blogs in Education.

http://newanda411.typepad.com/mrbrandow/

4th grade teacher blogs http://s1math.blogspot.com/

7th grader teacher blogs http://verity7math.blogspot.com/

Science teacher blog http://mrsbakersclass.blogspot.com/