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Popular Social Networking sites

Bebo: http://www.bebo.com/
mySpace: http://www.myspace.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
friendster: http://www.friendster.com/
Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/
MSN Spaces: http://spaces.msn.com/
Gaggle.net: http://gaggle.net/about.html

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Blog Search Engines

Technorati: http://www.technorati.com/
del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/
A social bookmarks manager. Using bookmarklets, you can add bookmarks to your list and categorize them.
Google Blog Search: http://blogsearch.google.com/

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Professional Development Examples

EDTEC 700: Blogging in the Classroom: http://classblogging.blogspot.com/
Sprowston Middle School: http://bloginset.pmweblogs.com/about/
The Fischbowl: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/
Thoughts on Teaching: http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/entries.php?id=8

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Classroom Examples

Westlake Blogs!: http://westlake.k12.oh.us/bartos/blogs.htm

Elementary

Molecules in Motion: Room 149: http://jsriley.typepad.com/science_focus_school_room/
Mrs. Cassidy’s Classroom Blog: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
Mrs. D’s 2^nd Grade Blog: http://mrsd.tblog.com/
Ms. Griffins’s 3^rd Grade GT Class: http://mgriffith.wordpress.com/

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Middle School

Wyoming Middle School 6^th Grade: http://jtubbs.21publish.com/
Web Writers: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=8627
Excellence and Imagination: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=2734&l=1153851449; http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=2734
Excellence and imagination (New Site): http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/

7^th Grade Math Probability Project: http://verity7math.blogspot.com/2005/05/probability-project.html#comments

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ESL

Thinking and Writing Wrinkles: http://itc.blogs.com/wrinkles/

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High School

High School Online Collaborative Writing: http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Journalism 1 at HCRHS: http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/journ1/newsItems/departments/classNotes
Biology BlogSpot: http://syersbio.blogspot.com/
American Literature: http://kakos4english.blogspot.com/
Pre-Cal 30S: http://pc30s.blogspot.com/

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Miscellaneous

book BraG BLOG!: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=12972
Book Club: http://www.ncs-nj.org/blogs/bookclub/
The Music Tech Blog: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=4354

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Parents

Secret Life of Bees Parents: http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/beesparents/
Secret Life of Bees: http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees/

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Blog hosting and software sites

Blogger: http://www.blogger.com/start
Edublogs: http://www.edublogs.org/
ePals: http://schoolblog.epals.com/?gclid=COTDtNXm-IUCFSN5SAodaG_gjw
Learner Blogs: http://learnerblogs.org/
Vox: http://www.vox.com/
Moveable Type: http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/
Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com/
Class Blogmeister: http://classblogmeister.com/

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Blog Safety

Xanga Safety: http://safety.xanga.com/
School Blogging Policy: http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/default.asp
Blogging Rubric: http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Blog/
Stop Cyberbullying: http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/
Sample Blog policies: http://budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

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Blogging for Business Education

Why Blogs Mean Business: http://weblogg-ed.com/2004/why-blogs-mean-business-education/
What a business blog can do for you: http://sbinformation.about.com/cs/ecommerce/a/bblogs.htm
Conglomerate: http://www.theconglomerate.org/entrepreneurship_education/index.html
Blog Business World: http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/index.htm
Blog Savvy: http://blogsavvy.net/how-you-should-use-blogs-in-education
Resources for young entrepreneurs: http://www.preview.score.org/internet/resources_young.html
Teen business link: http://www.sba.gov/teens/
Mind Your Own Business: http://www.mindyourownbiz.org/default.shtml
Blog Etiquette: http://www.adrblogs.com/blogetiquette.htm
Top 10 Web etiquette rules: http://weblogs.about.com/od/issuesanddiscussions/tp/weblogethics.htm
Blog Works: http://www.mslpr.com/blogworks/?gclid=CL6voprIgocCFRGHSAodTWMCPQ

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Business Education Blog Examples

Cool Cat Teacher’s Student Blog: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=26813
Westwood School Accounting Blog: http://futureprofit.blogspot.com/
Computer Science 4 Teenagers: http://computers4teens.blogspot.com/
Westwood Word Processing: http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Word+Processing
Mrs. McG’s Blog: http://www.harrisonhigh.org/weblogs/mcgauvrans/index.html
Computer Science and Business Ed: http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/index.htm

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Vocational Agriculture Blogs

Ag Wired: http://agwired.com/contact-us/
Brownfield Blog: http://learfieldcreative.typepad.com/brownfield/
WFRV – AG Report: http://wfrv.com/ag
The Bovine Bugle: http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/
Tony Etherton’s Agri Bio Technology Blog: http://blogs.das.psu.edu/tetherton/?cat=2
Mr. Hutmacher’s Horticulture Blog: http://www.harrisonhigh.org/weblogs/hutmachert/index.html
National FFA Officers Blog: http://www.ffa.org/students/html/nationalofficers.htm

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School Blogging Examples for Teacher Librarians

book BraG BLOG!: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=12972
Student Reflections on Night: http://nightwiesel.blogspot.com/
EWL Book Editorials: http://ewleditorials.blogspot.com/
Secret Life of Bees Parents: http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/beesparents/
Secret Life of Bees: http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees/
Thatcher Library Blog: http://thacherlibrary.blogspot.com/
School Library Media Specialists: http://eduscapes.com/sms/web.html#5

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Blogs of Interest for Teacher Librarians

American Association of School Librarians: http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/
ALA Tech Source: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/05/introducing-blogs-and-wikis-at-lakeview-high-school.html
The Blue Skunk Blog: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/
Joyce Valenza’s NeverEnding Search: http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/
Kathy Schrock’s KaffeeKlatsch: http://kathyschrock.net/blog/
SLJ Blog: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062.html

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