Tech 20 Session 5

Creating Your Own Blog with WordPress

January 29, 2009

Everyone should try her or his hand at blogging.  Blogging allows you to share your thoughts, experience, and expertise with the world and to connect with people of similar interests

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This week’s links:

Free Blogs

WordPress

www.wordpress.com

Blogger

www.blogger.com

Live Journal

http://www.livejournal.com/

Resources

Blogging in Plain English (video)

http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs

How to Create a Blog

http://www.2createawebsite.com/traffic/create-free-blog.html

Blogging for teachers

http://mark.blogspot.com/2005/03/blogging-for-teachers-part-1-what-are.html

Blog Rules for Educators

http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/november-december-2006/blog-rules.html

Legal Guide for Bloggers

http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/

50 Useful Blog Tips for Teachers

http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers/

Article:  Values and Difficulties with Teacher Blogs (Us News and World Reports)

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/k-12/2008/09/19/in-search-of-support-teachers-turn-to-blogging.html