Edublog
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An edublog is a blog written by someone with a stake in education. Examples might include blogs written by or for teachers, blogs maintained for the purpose of classroom instruction, or blogs written about educational policy. The collection of these blogs is called the edublogosphere by some, in keeping with the larger blogosphere, although that label is not necessarily universally agreed upon. Others refer to the community or collection of blogs and bloggers as the edusphere.
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[edit] History
The Wayback Machine records a webpage at edublog.com as early as May of 2001. Another early recorded use of the term "edublog" can be traced to a webring called the Edublog WebRing, founded on January 30, 2002.
[edit] Notable Edubloggers
A list of educational bloggers can be found here
[edit] Directories
There are Directories which list Edubloggers by country. Most include a name and a brief description of the concerns of the blog.
- UK and Ireland Edubloggers Directory
- Scottish Edubloggers Wiki
- Directory of Australian Edubloggers
- Frapper map of Edubloggers
- Support Blogging! and list of EduBloggers
- Education Blog List
- International Edubloggers Directory
[edit] Awards
The Edublog Awards were first hosted by James Farmer on his blog. They soon spread to include entries from around the world and have been voted on by thousands of educators. The list of categories changes from year to year, to adapt to the changing face of the edublog community.
[edit] Multiuser edublogging platforms
- Free Edublogs - Widely used edublog by teachers.
- Classblogmeister Widely used free edublog for students and teachers.
- EduSpaces - Social networking site for educators which includes blogs. Uses the Elgg platform.
- TeachFor.Us - Teach for America teacher blogs, running Lyceum
- Teacher Lingo - Community of teacher blogs. Uses Community Server platform from Telligent Systems.
[edit] See also
- Collaborative learning
- Educational technology
- E-learning glossary
- Networked learning
- M-learning
- Moblog
- Virtual learning environment
- Web-based training
[edit] References
- Australasian Journal of Education Technology 2004, 20(2), 232-247
- IT Literature Review, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2005.
- VanFossen, Lorelle. "Who Are The Top Edubloggers", Edublogs Magazine, January 28, 2008. Accessed January 29, 2008.