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 * //WBEA Sectional - Blogging in Business Education - September 26, 2008//**

[|Wisconsin Business Education Association Fall Convention] - Appleton, WI

//The new Internet (web 2.0) has changed business as well as business education. One of the main tools being used is blogging, which allows anyone to share information and opinions with the world. Blogging can be a powerful educational tool as well as a major marketing and PR consideration for businesses.//
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=__Why Blog?__=
 * Reflection
 * Classroom activity/discussion
 * Writing development - personal and classroom
 * Learning/PD Network
 * Online presence
 * Understanding of social media
 * Self-publish

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=__**The Blogging "Process"**__=

1) **What is your purpose?**
 * Classroom/Student Blogs?
 * Blogging as professional development?

2) **Look at and read blogs** > [|Alltop] (education) > [|Google BlogSearch]
 * Check out the listings here (see below)
 * Find blogs that interest you
 * [|Alltop] (general)
 * **Create a [|Google Reader] account for easy reading**

3) **Interact with blogs**
 * Comment
 * "Click on things"

4) **Choose a platform**
 * [|Edublogs]
 * [|Blogger]

5) Get blogging!
 * [|Edublogs how-to videos]
 * [|Blogger how-to videos]

=__Resources__=

Technorati - [|State of the Blogosphere 2008]

Check out the [|Fortune 500 companies with blogs]!

How about [|BusinessWeek.com] - do you know what to do with all of those RSS Feed symbols?

BusinessWeek article - [|Beyond Blogs: What Business Needs to Know]

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 * __Blogging in Plain English__** - [|CommonCraft] Video

=__Recommended Reading__=

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=__Blogs__=

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