ProBlogger Darren Rowse "asked 14 of {his} favorite bloggers what they’d do differently if they were starting their blog again today. Their responses were varied" and are available on the index page linked above.
50 Great Widgets for Your Blog
Helpful, fun, and/or sexy additions for your blog: painter-a-day service, world timeclocks, etc.
Blogs in Plain English
A YouTube video demystifying blogs.
CreativeCommons
Free artwork, music, and tools.
The Cutest Blog on the Block
Free backgrounds, banners, and extras for personalizing blogs as well as secrets and tips from experienced blognuts.
EduBlogs
This free blogging platform bills itself as "the largest education community on the Internet."
Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers
ProBlogger Darren Rowse lists his readers' responses to the one-question interview he posed to "14 of {his} favorite bloggers."
Feed2Podcast.com
The dotcom makes me think that this product probably isn't free, but it enables bloggers to have people listen to their blogs rather than just reading them. It may prove useful.
MediaMaster
MM bills itself as "the best music experience on the web for accessing, listening and sharing your music collection." It allows you to upload your music and/or radio station to your blog so that you or others may listen to selections from your collection anywhere you can get an Internet collection. This one looks like a feebie to me.
MyStudiyo
Online software for creating quizzes to post on /embed in blogs and websites.
PodCast
The site bills itself as "the largest podcast collection on the web." "Find, play, and share audio and video podcasts from all over the world on Podcast.com and access them on any mobile device. "
Support Blogging
As "an opportunity for students, teachers, administrators, parents, and others to help promote an understanding of the benefits of educational blogging," SupportBlogging! is an invaluable resource offering linked lists of blogs, bloggers, and blog builders.
Warlick, David F. Classroom Blogging. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press, 2007.
This book provides practical, step-by-step advice for teachers about using free web services to establish blogs, wikis and podcasts for classroom use. Warlick’s Blog, Exactly 2 Cents Worth, http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ has many links to help teachers explore reading / writing / multimedia publishing options available on the web. Among these is http://supportblogging.com/Educational+Blogging
Why Let Our Students Blog?This book provides practical, step-by-step advice for teachers about using free web services to establish blogs, wikis and podcasts for classroom use. Warlick’s Blog, Exactly 2 Cents Worth, http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ has many links to help teachers explore reading / writing / multimedia publishing options available on the web. Among these is http://supportblogging.com/Educational+Blogging
A YouTube Video by Teachers for Teachers
Wordle
"Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. "
WordPress
Free blogs and blogging help.
Thirteen Ways to Drive Blog Readership
Other Thoughts
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