How you can use Blogs in your academics

Options for instructors using blogs:

• Content-related blogs as professional practice.
• Networking and personal knowledge sharing.
• Instructional tips for students.
• Course announcements and readings.
• e-Portfolios.

Options for students using blogs in your courses include:

• Reflective or writing journals.
• Knowledge management.
• Assignment submission and review.
• Dialogue for groupwork.
• e-portfolios.
• Share course-related resources.

Articles about blogging in education

1. Scholars Who Blog from the Chronicle of Higher Education (June, 2003)
2. Writing with Weblogs from techLearning (Feb, 2003)
3. Weblogs In and Around the Classroom
4. Crooked Timber - a blog entry about educational blogging

Examples of Education Bloggs

Eric Stoller specializes in search engine optimization, higher education blogging applications, and web analytics analysis. Read up on his blogging endevors in higher education.

• College Student Services Administration (CSSA)
  An experiment in blogging that turned into a portfolio about Social Justice, Retention, and Technology.
• Blogs and Student Learning
  Presentation & Evaluation

Colby College-Behind the Decision
A Colby College admissions counselor tells you what goes on inside the Colby College admissions process—including what happens to all those applications from the time they are received until the decision letters are mailed.

Colin Rhinesmith
A graduate student at Emerson College working towards his M.A. in Media Arts with a concentration in Media Studies.

Collegewebeditor.com:
Listing of Higer Ed Blogs