Blogger is a free online web log (registration required). A blog is an easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and more. There are many applications for blogs in educational settings. Blogs can be used as online journals, a tool for collaboration, resource sharing, formative assessment of student learning, and much more. Blogs can also be used as a means for participants in teacher preparation and professional development programs to discuss ideas, collaborate on research or projects, and share resources. (author/ts)

This excellent site instructs teachers about how to set up a blog to use as part of their classroom instruction, and how to encourage their students to participate. Blogging is a highly appropriate activity for career-technical students in all career fields, but maybe especially so for students in Arts and Communication, Business and Administrative Services, and Marketing where electronic communication will be part of doing business. (jrs)