PDA 124: Digital Reader - Elementary

 

What about Blogs?

While blogs are not e-books, they are like e-books in that they offer an innovative way to encourage students' reading (and writing).

David Huffaker explores blogs' promotion of literacy in his paper, The Educated Blogger.

Here is an article at Education World that gives an introduction to blogs and provides examples of blogs at the elementary level.

Here is the Critical Evaluation of a Blog resource from Kathy Schrock.

Here are some interesting examples of the use of blogs at the elementary level.

• A Duck with a Blog: A blog about a duck who decided to build her nest on our school playground

• 1st Grade Huckleberry Audiobooks

• Mr. Wright’s Class

• Neville's Bloggers February 2006

• Room 208

My blog, Mission: READ, is for reading recommendations for junior high students.

Want to start your own blog? Check out Edublogs.org

2006  Michelle Glatt