Teachers+and+BLOGS

Getting Started for YOURSELF... if you want to have a personal blog rather than a school related BLOG check these out to get started.

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As for BLOGS for use with students, we'll see those in a minute.

Are you READING BLOGS? What are your hobbies? What grade do you teach? There are BLOGS out there just for YOU!

Getting Started with OTHERS... =**Mathwire Blog**= =**Doodle Bugs Teaching**= =**Hello Literacy**= =**First Grade Parade**= =**Step Into Second Grade**= =**iLearn Technology**=
 * Teachers use BLOGS and YOU need to see some examples! Check these out... could you find yourself getting good information from these?**

** Scholastic's TopTeachers Blog **
=**BLOGS are an EASY way to use technology and to propel your teaching. I have over 100 BLOGS that I follow- but that can be overwhelming. Follow the BLOGS you like with Google Reader!**=



=**It sends NEW BLOG posts into an INBOX! Simple and easy- like email! Read when you want to and always know when there is a NEW POST!**= = = =**I love technology! Here is a view of my Google Reader account and the BLOGS I follow.**=



=Don't have any blogs of your own to follow? Well what are you waiting for?= =Use Google to help you find some!=



=Maybe you want to get started with a BLOG for sharing your classroom with the community- parents- siblings- grandparents- the school board? Look at some of these examples of how teachers have used BLOGS to highlight their classroom for a GLOBAL AUDIENCE!= =Maybe you'll be next!=
 * =**Patterson's Pack - 1st Grade**=
 * =**Mrs. Watson's 2th/3rd Grades**=
 * =**Mr. Harju's Class Blog - 2nd Grade**=
 * =**Room 14's writing hot spot - 3rd Grade**=
 * =**Mrs. Comincioli's Classroom Corner - 4th/5th Grades**=
 * =**Room 25 Online - 5th Grade**=
 * =**Mr. Avery's Classroom Blog**=