Why should classrooms blog?
- Share updates, units, or work with families
- Seek a conversation with other classrooms
- Social Skills
- Opportunity to discuss internet safety
- Promote reading/writing skills
- Provide learners with a world-wide audience
- Gain ideas, resources, and feedback
Picking a Blog Platform
- Who will blog; Teacher, Learners, Both
- Who will read the blog
- What are your device options
- Will you use photos/videos
- Can you pay a yearly fee?
- Blogger: Free, Intermediate to high school, Not for managing student blogs, App available
- Kidblog: Free (unless you want to post several pictures or videos), Easy to manage student blogs as well as one main class blog, great app for iPad
- Edublog: Yearly fee to create class accounts
- Wordpress: Free, Intermediate to high school, Not for managing student blogs
Check Out some Blogs
Types of Blogs
Classroom and Learner Blogs
Professional Blog
Where to Start?
- Determine who will blog (teacher, learners, both)
- Choose your platform
- Create a free account and give it a try
- Download and try an App (if available)