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=**This is the website for the Election Day workshop on blogs and wikis.**=

The following are links to examples of blogs and wikis used for educational classes. Throughout the workshop, please post comments on the [|special blog] set up just for this workshop! If you have any comments or questions about this, please feel free to contact me at bilmesd@newmilfordps.org. A great resource for this topic is //**"Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms,"**// by Will Richardson. David Bilmes, Library Media Specialist, Schagticoke Middle School, New Milford, CT.


 * Blogs**
 * Mrs. Schaeur's 6th grade blog Students blog about books!
 * [|Stampede Art Project] A middle school art class reacts to paintings
 * [|Miss O's School Library] A New York City school librarian's class blog
 * [|Mrs. Clark's Science Blog] (Good guidelines for blogging requirement for students)
 * [|AP English Class Blog]
 * [|Elementary School Blog] Kids in Grades 3-5 have fun blogging
 * [|Lukas's blog] A 10-year-old kid gets into blogging
 * [|Mrs. Cassidy's 1st Grade Classroom Blog]
 * [|Marin County Day School Trout Diaries]
 * [|30 Incredible Blogs Written by Students] Award-winning blogs written by children ages 6-14


 * Wikis**
 * 8 Red Bridges Project (from SMS!)
 * [|7th Grade Environmental Science project]
 * Aliso Film Studies A high school film studies class
 * [|Grandview Library 3rd Grade research]
 * [|Meriweather Lewis Elementary School]
 * [|Humanities II Class (high school)]
 * Salem Wikis (The Crucible)


 * Professional Development Blogs and Wikis**
 * Video: Wikis in Plain English
 * [|The Cool Cat teacher blog]
 * [|Middle School Diaries]

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 * Resources to set up your own blogs/wikis**
 * Kidblog.org
 * [|21 Classes: Free Classroom and Education Blogs]
 * [|Class Blogmeister]
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|Bloglines]
 * [|Edublogs]
 * [|Wetpaint (wiki site)]
 * [|PB wiki]
 * Wikispaces