I have recently become a Blog reader and I love it!   I have found so much helpful and insightful information through reading blogs.  You can pick up a tip from this person’s blog and an idea is born from reading that person’s blog and then you can gather instructions on “how-to” from another blogger.   You can also make comments, contribute what you know, and ask questions while visiting a blog.  After reading many different blogs you can bookmark or subscribe to your favorites and revisit them often.   Blogs are  a valuable source for professional development.

So, how do you get started being a blog reader?   As a librarian I wanted to find blogs written by other librarians so I entered a Google search “Library blogs”.   I also found some very helpful blogs on one of my other interest, photography.    

Here are some sites that will help you get started being a blog reader.  Click on the subject and you will be linked to a site with relevant blogs.  Math,  Science,  History,  English,  Art,  Music

Two more sites I recommend are Support Blogging and  The Top 100 Education Blogs.

When you find a blog that you are interested in and enjoy reading  you need to take a look at  the blogroll to see what that paticular blogger reads.  In doing this you will be building a learning and sharing network that reaches all over the world.

So tell us “What blogs are you reading?”   Click on comments and share.