2. Daryl Cagle, "Joe Heller," Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoon Index, msnbc. Reprinted from Green Bay Press Gazette on 25 August 2009. Used with permission.

3.  Shorter, more focused writing  Part of a process rather than the end product  Incorporates media  Interactive nature changes relationship to audience  Extended conversation over time

4.  Share  Express  Document/record  Evaluate  Collaborate  Question  Interact TEACH!

5.  Open an account at blogger. Try edublogger!  Branding: Naming your blog and choosing a url  Posting  Adding tags, links, video, pictures, widgets  Inviting comments from readers

6. 1. Make a list 2. Tell a story 3. Ask a question 4. Respond to something you’ve read or seen 5. Insert a picture or embed a video and respond to it 6. Notice a trend 7. Invite a friend to guest blog 8. Observe and reflect 9. Share a passion 10. Connect to other blogs

7. EduBlogs…. http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to- use-your-edublog-to-teach/

8.  Christian Long, The Alice Project: A 10 th - Grade Honors English Tour of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, http://aliceproject.wordpress.com/ http://aliceproject.wordpress.com/  Gende, Dolores, “Physics Honors,” https://sites.google.com/a/parishepiscopal.org/ph ysics-honors/blogging/hp-blogs https://sites.google.com/a/parishepiscopal.org/ph ysics-honors/blogging/hp-blogs  Norwalk City Schools. “AP Calculus AB Blog,” http://www2.norwalk- city.k12.oh.us/wordpress/apcalc0910/http://www2.norwalk- city.k12.oh.us/wordpress/apcalc0910/

9. “5 Blogging Tips for Beginning Bloggers,” http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2009/ 08/1639/ http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2009/ 08/1639/ “Blogging Etiquette for Bloggers and Readers,” http://www.suite101.com/content/bloggi ng-etiquette-a22222 http://www.suite101.com/content/bloggi ng-etiquette-a22222 “Blogging Etiquette – The Unwritten Rules,”http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/ blogging-etiquette-the-unwritten-rules/http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/ blogging-etiquette-the-unwritten-rules/

10.  To grade or not to grade?  Rubric  “Holistic” grading (what the blog does well, what the comment adds to the discussion)  Completion grade  Contribution over time  Resource: “How Do I Know if It Works?”, ELI Discovery Tool: Guide to Blogging, http://www.educause.edu/eli/GuideToBlogg ing http://www.educause.edu/eli/GuideToBlogg ing

12.  Blake-Plock, Shelly, “Why I Want Students to Blog,” TeachPaperless, 14 June 2010, http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/20 10/06/why-i-want-students-to- blog.html http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/20 10/06/why-i-want-students-to- blog.html  Utrecht, Jeff, “Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios,” The Thinking Stick, 4 June 2010, http://www.thethinkingstick.com/blog s-as-web-based-portfolios-pdf http://www.thethinkingstick.com/blog s-as-web-based-portfolios-pdf  Chamberlain, William, Comments4Kids, http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/ http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/

13.  McCulloch, Jess. “20 Reasons Why Students Should Blog,” On an E-journey with Generation Y, http://murcha.wordpress.com/2008/03/14 /20-reasons-why-students-should-blog/ http://murcha.wordpress.com/2008/03/14 /20-reasons-why-students-should-blog/  Edublogger.com. “Join the Student Blogging Challenge.” http://theedublogger.com/2010/08/30/join -the-student-blogging-challenge-now-starts- mid-september/ http://theedublogger.com/2010/08/30/join -the-student-blogging-challenge-now-starts- mid-september/  Wetzel, David R. “Science Blogs is Middle and High School Classes.” Suite 101.com, http://www.suite101.com/content/science-blogs- in-high-and-middle-school-classes-a66647 http://www.suite101.com/content/science-blogs- in-high-and-middle-school-classes-a66647