blogs

Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, but when it accidentally gets posted on the school Intranet site, she learns some important lessons about friendship.

A guide for libraries and librarians that discusses popular social software technologies--blogs, RSS, wikis, social networking, screencasting, photo-sharing, podcasting, instant messaging, gaming, and more--and provides examples and interviews to explain the impact of each technology.

Step-by-step instructions help teens create personal web pages and blogs, with tips on how to design and update a unique, creative web site while protecting themselves and their identities from online hackers and predators.

Twelve-year-old Tad has a plan to make seventh grade his most awesome year, but he must overcome a devious little sister, an embarrassing summer job, a science fair project gone awry, and other obstacles.

Provides an overview of social networking sites and blogs, explaining how people are using the internet to reconnect with friends and families, meet new people, make job connections, and share information.

During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name.