Technorati

This site is primarily a directory for popular blogs, posts, and tweets. It sorts the top 100 blogs, etc. by topic. You can also search for photos. Controversial issues and topics are extensively covered. Popular media and celebrities are also covered thoroughly. Technology (as you might expect) has an enormous presence in blogs (go figure). I tried a few searches through blogs and posts. In general, there were more blogs than posts, blogs seem to (again generally) be a little calmer -- posts are more hysterical. I am not a big fan of blogs, however, after attending a literary conference in February I have some better ideas. One of the presenters, Kelly Gallagher, mentioned a way to have students do an in class discussion through a blog. I thought that would be a great way to have students 100% engaged and writing a lot.