Blogger

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Blogger is a free application to build blogs. I thought it was a neat application, as I am using it right now! This is a great website for teachers to use to reach their students. Teachers could post about upcoming assignment or projects due. Also, I think it is neat how we can build portfolios in this application. And did I mention it is FREE??? Also, it offers many designs and templates to choose from to personalize your own blogs, which I thought was really fun! I think creating a blog in blogger would be a great project for students to do, because it allows them to express their creativity and individuality not only through the design they choose to detail their blogs, but also the actual blogs they would post. I loved creating my blogs in Technology in the Classroom!
On a side note, I do think it is important for teachers to push Digital Citizenship with their students. When creating a blog, all students should know to only write appropriate and respectful posts about themselves, as well as others. Blogging has led to cyber bullying, and I hope teachers will monitor for this adequately.