Learning Spaces: Blogging, Podcasting, and Vlogging
Over the past several year, personal and collaborative broadcasting has exploded in popularity. Just a few years ago, blogs were predominately a text-based media. Today, blogging has expanding to include audio and video content.
Go to Mr. Gates's 2nd Grade Class Podcasts. Notice that each child's text, graphic, and audio are included in the project. Click on the title of the project to listen to each student report. This is a great way to have a record of student their literacy. Combining text, graphics, and audio into a single blog shows the power of this media. Brainstorm projects that could demonstrate a learner's deep understanding of a concept.
Many phrases have been created based on the word blog. For example, a mobile blog is called a moblog and involves using your smart cell phone for taking photos, recording text entries, and uploading to web space. A blog highlighting photographs is called photoblog.
This section has been divided into four areas. Be sure to check out each page:
Links to the materials in this section can be found in the navigation bar on the left side of this page. Continue to the 
Learning Spaces: Blogs: Blogging page.