Welcome to the Blogosphere - a part of the Web 2.0 known as the read/write web. The use of Weblogs is now exploding; blogs are being used in corporations, government, the media and among private citizens. Educators need to understand their importance as information sources and how to safely become and have students become part of this culture. Technorati.com, a search engine that monitors blogs, tracked more than 15.9 million Weblogs last August, and found that the number had doubled in six months. (Now there are more than 50 million blogs!) Approximately 80,000 blogs are created worldwide each day, which translates to a new blog every second. The Pew Internet & American Life Project found further that blog readership now exceeds 27 percent of all Internet users, and 12 percent of users have posted comments. So how do we use blogs in an educational setting?
One way is for us to first become bloggers. I invite you to PBS.org's Media Infusion. This month I am their guest moderator. Read through the blog, check out the resource links, and add a comment. Be sure to hit the refresh button so you can watch your comment and those of others as they are added.
If you have any remaining time, check out the "Read what you need" section for past Media Infusion blogs.
Happy Blogging...
