Teacher Resources for Blogging in the Classroom

• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
  Buy this book for your library! Will Richardson is the author of Weblogg-ed and now he's brought us this how-to-guide for educational blogging. It's a must-have for a K-12 educator who want to explore blogging in-and-out of the classroom. Get it now!
• TeachersFirst
  This online tutorial on blogging is one-stop-shopping for a classroom teacher. It's chock full of practical ideas for blogs in the classroom, and has a safety overview.
• SupportBlogging! is a wiki designed by Steve Hargadon to encourage educators to talk about how they are using blogs in the classroom. Check out what educational blogging can be and add to the conversation! Find the wiki at http://supportblogging.wikispaces.com. Particularly helpful is the page titled “Student & Teacher Blogs” because it links to lots of great examples of educational blogging. Add your blog to the list!
• Anne Davis comes the rescue with a fabulous how-to wiki on educational blogging - Improving Instruction Through the Use of Weblogs. It's very visual and provides lots of examples.
  
• Blogical Minds is an excellent example for teachers to follow on how to guide students through the blogging process. Anne Davis (again!) is leading this project, and her blog is a good place to read reflections from an educator using blogs in the classroom. Also, be sure to visit the web quest that teaches elementary students the basics of writing a blog entry: Blogging: It's Elementary!