Blogging in the Educational Community

Blogging is an easy way to consolidate thoughts, resources, experiences, and ideas into one space. This is especially useful in education as a way for teachers to share and collaborate both within a community and to the world at large. Niche communities find their own spaces within the blogging community - I've included a few SpEd blogs on a list to the side - which can help teachers with their lesson plans or simply with coping in the classroom. Many times, (and traditionally) blogs were used as online journals/diaries but now they are used for promotion and commercial interests as well as a source for activities/classroom resources, etc.