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Met Comm . Net. IT is there for you. The Educational Blogging Revolution. By: Eran Dror. Met Comm . Net. IT is there for you. In this presentation you’ll learn:. What blogs are, and what they can do for schools. How to start your own basic blog in a matter of minutes, for FREE.

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  1. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. The Educational Blogging Revolution By: Eran Dror

  2. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. In this presentation you’ll learn: • What blogs are, and what they can do for schools. • How to start your own basic blog in a matter of minutes, for FREE. • How to use blogs as virtual billboards for a class, a course, the library, or any other school venture. • How to use blogs to encourage self-expression among students. • How to use blogs as a part of a course curriculum, to provide students with an audience, improve their writings and provide an exciting venue for discussions. • What other schools and teachers are doing with blogs.

  3. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Spaces Some Leading Blog-Related Brands: What is a Blog?

  4. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Word of the Year 2004 in Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.

  5. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. My Definition: A blog is a web site in the format of a daily or weekly journal, published through a system that allows content to be published online with the touch of a button. Publish

  6. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. The Blog Equation: Blog = Website –

  7. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. For Example, Our Blog: MetBlogger.Net

  8. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Our Blog, Backstage:

  9. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Some Interesting EduBlogs

  10. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://akinderblog.blogspot.com

  11. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://eastside.newvisionsk12.org

  12. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme

  13. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://www.bayareawritingproject.org/librarianInk/

  14. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://www.butlerville.net

  15. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://volokh.com

  16. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://instapundit.com

  17. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. http://mb.sparknotes.com/sparktalk.epl

  18. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. The Blog Advantage

  19. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Possible School Blogs: Student’s Blog Library Blog Teacher’s Blog Shared Class Blog Principal’s Blog School Announcements Blog Parents Update Blog Course Blog

  20. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Does Your School Need One? • Get information out quickly! • Keep students, teachers, and parents updated! • Have a friendly face on the web! • Keep track of everything with daily, weekly, and monthly archives! • Gain experience in new technologies and teach it to your students. • Encourage debate, self-expression, and increased participation. • Create community awareness through interrelated blogs. • And do it all quickly and cost effectively!

  21. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Do You Need One? • Put information online for all the interested parties. • Save time on phone calls, e-mails, faxes – if they want the information, they should visit your blog. • Get parents more involved in their children’s education. Override excuses: the assignments and dates are always available online. • Know what people think – the comments mechanism allows people to express their opinions on what you write. • Learn a new kind of literacy that is becoming essential in our society. • Get a better sense of personal history by going through months of archived information. • Support and link to your favorite websites, blogs, and articles. • Share your views, photos, and interests with like-minded bloggers.

  22. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. For the Students

  23. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. “Often dismissed as merely 'vanity' websites, critics slate their simplicity. Yet it is precisely these two factors that are the keys to their potential. Children are vain, just like adults. They desire and require an audience for their thoughts and achievements. Every teaching college in the world extols the virtues of providing students with an audience.” --Peter Ford, SchoolBlogs.com The Netherlands

  24. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. “It allowed them to interact with their peers more quickly than a journal,"she said, "and it evened the playing field." Mrs. Dudiak said she found that those who were quiet in class usually came alive online. Marisa L. Dudiak, right, and Catherine Poling have run Web logs in their classrooms in Frederick County, Md. Ms. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/technology/circuits/19blog.html?ei=5090&en=33627811ca310596&ex=1250568000&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&adxnnlx=1108714410-AYc56fTPJkJ3OfnHuf3fTw

  25. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. From School Blogs: “Recently, I’ve been readingDevil In A Blue Dress, by Walter Mosley. I'm on page 209 (2 pages before the end of the book). So far, I like this book because It just keeps getting better and better and it just wont stop. I'm at the end of my book and I'm sad because I still want to know whats going to happen in the next book and it's a shame how I cant even make a prediction. -- A 9th Grader, New York City Part Two of Nowhere Girl, by Justine Shaw starts off with this image of Jamie starting this whole new "Great" life with the things that she is interested in and I think that is great. So far, I've read the first 11 pages of Part Two. A few different things are happening in this section. Jamie has finally attended a school and completed it. She has a job that she is happy with. It seems that all the trouble she went through, it pays off cause now she is HAPPY. -- A 12th grader, New York City

  26. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Live Tour of the Blogosphere

  27. MetComm.Net IT is there for you. Demonstration: Starting a Basic Blog with

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