What is a Blog? - Assignment for EDTC614

Blog = web + log    (learn something new every day!)

I love connecting with others on my blogs. It is so fast and simple and in many cases FREE! It is so exciting to get comments from people all over the world!

I used to keep a blog in high school and college just to have a place to vent. I loved that I could make posts private, where only I could read them or select a few friends to read them and comment, or make them public. It was a great way to share the teenage/ college student years.

I have used blogs before in my elementary classroom to host student discussion topics and as a digital portfolio for Reader's Response and Literacy Circles. I kept our blog private so that only the students, myself, and their parents could view it.

I currently use Blackboard for my middle and high school students and their parents to learn Spanish through posted videos, tutorials, and infographs. I often have homebound students or students who transfer in without any previous experience with the Spanish language, but with the tools I've provided online, they can catch up or stay on track with the rest of the class.

I have used blogs for online Professional Development in my school. I've had digital meetings with discussion boards where teachers with different planning periods can meet online and discuss hot topics and work in our Professional Learning Communities.

I am currently using this blog to connect with other teachers and promote my products on teacherspayteachers.com.

I love http://creativelanguageclass.com/ because I get so many good ideas from them.

And of course, blogs are not just for education. I love food blogs! I get great recipes and advice from  http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/, http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.blogspot.com/, http://practicalpaleo.blogspot.co.uk/, http://paleomg.com/, http://www.primalpalate.com/, and my favorite http://nomnompaleo.com/. The pictures that go with the recipes are amazing and I get excited to make healthy food from scratch!

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