Web Logs, Blogs, & Online Journal Tools
Tool Features:
Web logs or "blogs" are online journals that are gaining in popularity. Blog stands for web-log, an informal personal website. Blogs may be text-based, or contain images and multi-media components. They make it easy to publish online, include personal records and comments on current web-based resources, and allow quick and visible responses from other bloggers. This easy interaction supports group communications and collaboration and facilitates the development of learning communities.
Where Tool Can Be Found:
Journal Space
- free
http://www.journalspace.com/
Web Logs In Education
- free
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
School Blogs
- free
http://www.schoolblogs.com/
Examples of Tool Implementation for Collaboration:
Digitaldivide.net - free
http://www.digitaldivide.net/