Practical+strategies+for+using+blogs+in+Social+Studies

=__Blogs__= =Blogging services=


 * [|Blogger]
 * [|Wordpress]
 * [|Edublogs]
 * [|21classes]
 * [|Typepad]
 * [|Blog Reviews]

=Blog Readers: RSS Aggregators=
 * [|Google Reader]
 * [|Bloglines]
 * [|Every RSS Aggregator] -compare every aggregator under the sun

=Modifying the Curriculum=
 * **Progressive assignments** (from simple to professional): common reflections, finding their own blogs to follow, adding related images, connecting to external sources, reflect on following other blogs, us other blogs and external courses to defend thesis...
 * **Time frame for posts**: plenty of lead time for both posts and comments, separate target dates for posts and comments
 * **Blog Best Friends** (BBF's): assign BBF's and possibly allow self-selection
 * **Bring it back to the classroom**

= = =Assessments/Rubrics=


 * [|Rubrics]

=Professional and Student Examples of Blogs=
 * [|Will Richardson] -on education in the 21st century
 * [|Huffington Post] -maintained by multiple authors
 * [|Palindrome] -misinformation and pitfalls for students
 * [|Google blog search] -use Google's blogsearch to find blogs of interest


 * [|The power of blogging] -take a look at the first comment for the march 5th posting
 * [|Using a blog as a literacy notebook]- Example of a student blog/literacy notebook.
 * [|Political Science Blog]
 * [|Another Poli Sci Blog]
 * [|American History]
 * [|Another American History Blog]

=Project and Blog Reflection Ideas -please add you ideas on how to integrate blogs=  ** media type="custom" key="3402692"