I found out that students can also create blogs, which also presents some interesting opportunities. Students cannot sign up for blogs on the Edublog site but the following link has information about how students can sign up. http://edublogs.org/students/I find the most fun thing about blogs is when people leave comments! That means I actually have an audience!
I am still working on setting up my blog and trying to understand what it is and how to use it. I found the following definition from the University of Lethbridge:
Blog - A web log: an on-line diary or frequently updated personal web page.
I think the next step will be to find educational blogs and see how they are using them. I still not sure how I can get my students involved with blogging. I have some ideas but I feel I need to know more about it before I get the students involved. I am still uncertain about some of the widgets and how they work so I will continue to explore that as well. I have to admit that understanding the new terminology is slowing me down. I will look for definitions. I know Barb’s site McBlogin will help alot when I get a chance to explore it. I did find out how to use the spell check but I am still curious about whether you can use a spell check when you leave a comment on another blog. I am also curious if anyone can leave a comment on a blog or if you have to be a blogger.
Thanks for visiting my new blog!
Now what do I say?
It has been quite interesting, so far, setting up my blog and choosing my avatars. Yes, you are going to need to learn a whole new language in order to be a “blogger”, and “avatar” is the second new word I learned after “widget”. So, speaking of language, I really need a spell check and haven’t figured out how to do that yet. Please forgive my mistakes. Can anyone tell me how to use the spell check?
