"The New 'Social'"

Bloggers,

On your mark, get set, go!  Wait, we have already been up and running with these blogs for nearly two weeks (Can you believe we just started our 3rd week of middle school?!)!  Already, you have authored two blog posts providing insight into pieces of your personal culture and sharing with us your first selection for a new story.   I have been able to watch individual personalities come out through article choices, writing styles, blurbs of personal expression, creative design of blog templates, and clever responses to other posts.   To say the least, we have definitely begun our journey of blogging in a new social environment.  

Where does this all this blogging take us?  What comes next?  What is the purpose of our writing?  Who is our audience?  What would you like to be the purpose in a relative short amount of time?  Why is it important to share and initiate dialogue, news stories, and personal interests with classmates?  What will you gain from this experience and how will impact you as learner in a digital world of the 21st century?  

We will begin to explore these questions in the days and weeks ahead.

Here is the criteria for Blog Post #3:
1.)  Browse any of following blogs:  Nat Geo Kids, Denver Post, Scholastic,
      & Denver Public Library Blog
2.)  Select two-three authors from any of the above combination of blogs. 
3.)  Can you identify the blogger, audience, and purpose of each blog you select?
4.)  Title your blog post based on one of the author's interest!
5.)  Create a review of 2-3 bloggers from the below hyperlinks that includes:
       a.) Identify the name of blog:  Ex. Global Bros
       b.) Hyperlink the blog:           
http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/globalbros/2009/11/global-bros-highlights-from-the-road.html
       b.) Identify the name of blogger (author(s))    Ex. Tyler & Stefen
       c.) List the projected audience of this blogger:    Ex.  Young travelers
       d.) List the purpose of this author's blog:   
       Ex. Share information about different locations on Earth and learn more about different cultures. 

National Geographic For Kids Adventure & Book Blogs:
http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/
http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/dogeared/meet-our-bloggers.html 

Scholastic Blogs:  Current Events For Kids!
http://blog.scholastic.com/

All Things Colorado Sports:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/

Denver Public Library Blogs:
http://denverlibrary.org/Blog

Looking forward to Blog Post #3,
Ms. Donahue :)