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I've been thinking about how I could use blogs in my classroom. I suppose I could have students showcase some of their works and write a few thoughts on that piece. However, it just seems to me that a Wiki may be a better form of online portfolio. Then again what do I know about either. I'm just now being introduced to both of them.
I'm also a little concerned about some of the comments others could post with using it in a school setting that is. Does anyone know if there's anyway to secure blogs???

Class Is Now In Session!

Well, we're back...but this time for the last semester. Our first assignment...create a blog. Well, I can hardly understand the idea of creating a blog if I don't know much about it. After all, my only interaction with a blog of any sort was when my husband put a load of laundry in the dryer with a pack of gum in his pocket. Needless to say, it looked like a Smurf blew up in our dryer. So, I immediately went to the computer and stumbled across a blog with hundreds of entries on how Febreeze and a dryer sheet takes gum off the dryer walls. Anyway, I've decided to do some research about blogs. Here is what I found:
1. Blogs defined by Encarta Encyclopedia...
The frequent, chronological publication on the Web of personal thoughts and opinions for other Internet users to read. The name, coined in the late 1990s, derives from “Web logging.”
2. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs.
3. Entries are most often shown in reverse-chronological order.
4. Personal blogs can serve as online diaries or journals.