New Kids on the Blog

How could you miss a trip to outer space at the end of each day? This trip is BETTER because everyone can still read and communicate with you. For all you new visitors, put on your astronaut suits (okay, maybe just turn on your computer) and let's get learning!

This fresh new technology Web logs or "blogs" is a Web site that allows me to type, type, type, and then receive comments from readers. Many teacher blogs look like personal diaries and serve as a virtual meeting place for all the parents and students to meet. Doesn't this sound like fun? (See, I told you it's like flying to space.) It is also a valuable instructional tools to connect students, teachers, parents and provide a new place to create Web-based content.

Learn some hip language...(OK, maybe I am not-so hip, but try it out anyway.)

It's a Techno-tionary!

blog: A blog is a Web site where you can write whatever you want, and then visitors to your site can add comments, if they like. Many look like personal diaries. Some have political content. Cher out a premiere blog on blogging at www.weblogg-ed.com)

podcast: This is similar to an audioblog-a person can create audio files and then their listeners can download the file and listen to it whever they have time. Check out www.podcast.net for a long list of available podcasts.

wiki: A wiki is sort of like a blog. Both are on the Internet and both provide a casual way to write about stuff, but a wiki is written by many people who can edit any part of it. A great example is www.wikipedia.org

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With the help from my fabulous "astronaut" friends, I have just recently learned about blogging so it is not too late to learn! Let's try to get all our students involved early. What do you think so far? Please comment below, but be kind since Miss Lou is new to this world too.

Thanks for visiting and please come back soon!