Blogs in the US

http://jmyrmel.edublogs.org/
This link will send you to a third grade blog for Bauer Elementary in Michigan. The teacher that hosts the blog is Mrs. Myrmel. She uses math, poetry, and science blogs to engage the students in learning using new technology. Technology such as blogs is an objective here in Alabama that teachers must meet in the classroom. The blog uses video and text to help the students to grasp concepts that may need extra time outside of the classroom. The students can also post information to the blog to show there understanding not just of the subject matter but also to demonstrate computer literacy. She also uses something called a voicethread that I had never heard of before. It is really awesome how she brought new and fun technology into her classroom.

http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/~elanghorst/blog
This link will send you to a History blog in a Junior High in Missouri. Mr. Langhorst's 8th grade American history blog to be exact. He uses text blogs, podcasts, and studycasts in his blog to help his students succeed. He also post pictures to help aid the class in learning historical facts and posts projects that the class did for other students or parents to see. Mr. Langhorst posts contact information and a weekly parent newsletter to keep parent's involved in their student's education. His blog is definitely one that I would love to model someday in my own classroom.