1. Texas Computer Education Association Blogs and Wikis Area 9 2010 Conference Facilitator: Peggy Reimers Director of Professional Development 512-450-5406 or 512-698-6440 preimers@tcea.org

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog A blog is a online journal that is frequently updated and intended for public consumption.

3. Blogs can Serve Many Purposes for Teachers to communicate information to parents and students. create a running journal of classroom activities and lessons throughout the year. used by students to record and reflect on their own learning. Have students be contributing authors on a class blog and have them write a weekly reflection on their own learning.

4. by Matthew K. Tabor on May 1, 2007 Using blogs as a communication tool connects us to ideas we otherwise wouldn’t find and to people we’d never meet. It helps us do our jobs better and deliver more value to the people we’re charged with serving.

5. http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/Educational -Blogs-You-Should-Investigating-2787268

6. Twitter: @tcea http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=2403 Host: Kelly Tenkely http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/ http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/ Host: Scott McLeod http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/ Host: Karl Fisch http://weblogg-ed.com/ Host: Will Richardson http://cougarramblings.blogspot.com/ Host: Christine Archer http://preilly.wordpress.com/ Host: Pete Reilly http://strengthofweakties.org/ Host: David Jakes http://scottsfloyd.com/ http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/ http://weblogg-ed.com/ http://cougarramblings.blogspot.com/ http://preilly.wordpress.com/ http://strengthofweakties.org/ http://scottsfloyd.com/ Host: Scott S. Floyd Blogs to follow

7. http://kathyschrock.net/edtechblogs.htm 2 Cents Worth Host: David Warlick BlogBoard Host: Teacher Magazine Blue Skunk Blog Host: Doug Johnson EduBlog Awards Nominations List of all categories of blogs Infinite Thinking Machine Hosts: This groupThis group The Innovative Educator Host: Lisa Nielsen Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch Host: Kathy Schrock Moving at the Speed of Creativity Host: Wesley Fryer 20 Educational Technology Blogs Most -popular -controversial -informative

8. My personal favorite! http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

9. http://www.freetech4teachers.co m/2009/05/fantastic-list-of- education-blogs.html http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/100-most-inspiring-and-innovative- blogs-for-educators.html 100 Most Inspiring & Innovate Blogs for Education + 3 more, from Richard Bryne… Dangerously Irrelevant Ilearn Technology It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages

10. Teachers can use blogs to… 1. Increase student motivation. 2. To increase reading and writing skills. 3. As an interactive collaborative tool. 4. To help build social networks.

11. https://www.blogger.com/start http://edublogs.org/ http://kidblog.org/home.php

12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor become a participant: you can create or edit the actual site contents without any special technical knowledge or tools.

13. http://www.wikispaces.com/ https://plans.pbworks.com/academi c/?utm_campaign=nav- tracking&utm_source=Top%20naviga tion http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/

14. http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

15. http://reimersresources.wikispaces.com