Blogs in the classroom

• Watch the video below on blogs to get a general understanding of them.

• Now take a look at some examples (you may want to bookmark some of these on Delicious).
• http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/
• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
• http://blog.kathyschrock.net/
• http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/blogboard/
• Answer the following question in the comments section at the bottom of the page.  Name 2 ways that you would use a blog in your classroom?
• http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/
  
• If you are interested in setting up a blog for your class, I only know of one service that is available on CMS computers.  It is called Edublogs.  Here is a link to my edublog that I just started.  If you do not want to set up a blog today, just bookmark the site for later.

Animoto

• One of the coolest web applications that I have ever used is called Animoto.  Animoto basically takes your pictures and text, sets them to music, and creates an awesome video with cool transitions and effects. 
• We are going to make an Animoto video today.  First watch my example below.

• I created this video in less than 20 minutes.  I simply found pictures on the web and saved them.  I then uploaded the pictures to Animoto, added my text, selected a song, and created the video.
• Let's give it a try.