Have you started with a blog yet? It's definitely worth it!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning as I was researching on the Internet the thought struck me that a huge amount of my professional growth over the past few years has come from reading blogs written by teachers. There are so many really fantastic teachers sharing what they do in their classroom with the world and benefiting so many others in the process. I would say that blogs play a very large part in driving the education revolution that is taking place world-wide. The incredible part is that blogs are free to create! So thank you to all those blogger educationists out there!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Useful blogging posts</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have noticed an upsurge in the number of blogs started by educationists. This morning I read about a blogger who has been blogging for ten years, Graham Stanely, and who is celebrating the event with two reflective posts. He calls his posts </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc6600; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 16.796875px;"><a href="http://blog-efl.blogspot.fr/2012/12/reflections-on-ten-years-of-blogging.html" target="_blank">Reflections on ten years blogging - part one</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc6600; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 16.796875px;"><a href="http://blog-efl.blogspot.com.es/2012/12/reflections-on-ten-years-blogging-part.html" target="_blank">Reflections on ten years of blogging - part two</a>.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In these posts he talks about his journey with blogging with his journey and all he has learned along the way. </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another great post I saw recently on blogging is </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/ultimate-guide-to-use-of-blogs-in.html" target="_blank">The ultimate guide to the use of blogs in teaching</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">posted on the Educational Technology and Mobile Learning blog</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a comprehensive post which elaborates on the following headings:</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">1- What is Blogging ?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">2- Difference between A Blog and a Website</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">3- Free Blogging Platforms for Teachers and Students</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">4- How to set up a blo</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">5-Things to Pay Heed to when Setting up a Classroom  Blog</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">6- Blogging Tips for Teachers</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">7- Advantages of Blogging in Education</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">8- Ways Teachers Can Use Blogs in their Classrooms</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">9- Examples of Successful Student, Class, and Teacher Blogs</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In face this great infographic below comes from another <a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/12/teachers-quick-guide-to-blogging.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook" target="_blank">post</a> on the same blog. </span><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://docs.google.com/drawings/pub?id=1fPcZOzqhI4CCptE4xC3Bmk780hawxq6Qjqkc9HFO9W8&w=960&h=400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/12/teachers-quick-guide-to-blogging.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook" target="_blank">Educational Technology and Mobile Learning</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> blog</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The Edublogs Awards</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edublogs has done a major job in promoting blogging among teachers. Every year they hold the Edublogs Awards which has various interesting categories. A good place to start with any research on blogs is to look at those who were the winners in the <a href="http://edublogawards.com/2012/12/13/and-the-2012-edublog-award-winners-are/" target="_blank">Edublogs Awards for 2012. </a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If one had to list the benefits of blogging I'm sure the list would get into the 100s and more! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is your view on blogging? Have you tried it? You won't regret it. </span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div>

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Submitted by Fiona Beal This morning as I was researching on the Internet the thought struck me that a huge amount of my professional growth...

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