Source:  http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/2006/05/blogs_invitatio.html

Title:  Blogs = Invitations into Lives

In this post, Clarence Fisher talks about the value of using blogs.  He says “blogs are doors to the rest of the world.”    His purpose for using blogs is to allow his students to describe their world to others and for them to read about the lives of others around the world.  He is teaching his students to be good communicators as they post comments to the blogs they read.  In other articles that I read about Clarence Fisher, he has created a network of schools that are part of an international blogging project called the International Teen Life Project.  Source:  http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?cat=67.  In this project, students communicated through the blogs, podcasts, and photo essays, to give insight of their lives to others in the connected schools.  I clicked on the following link which was a podcast made by the students on their experience.  It is really worth listening to:  http://web.mac.com/lbaber/iWeb/Teenlife/Podcast/5CACB32F-6201-4EF7-A747-445DFFD71294.html.  The students talk about issues that affect them, like terrorism and teen suicide.  The two students in the podcast tell why this project is helpful to them.