Writing+-+Blogging

media type="custom" key="7518129" Blogging is a great way to get kids writing. Sometimes even reluctant writers really get excited about blogging. It is relatively pain free for the teachers too.

A huge list of teacher blogs, kid blogs, and blogs by subject area is being compiled on the wiki called - Moving Forward This is a great way to get ideas about what other teachers are doing with their student blogs. Blogs are a great way to find out new ideas that other teachers are doing in the classroom as well. Teaching Tips.com offers [|50 Blogging Tips for Teachers] --a great list of many different places to blog and a little bit about each one.

[|Blog2Learn] - is another great site for ideas on blogging and how to use them in the classroom.

[|Edublogs] is a good platform that allows uploads of audio/ video/photos and provides many recources for blogging in classrooms. A good set of instructional videos can be found [|here.] Edublogs is sometimes available in schools that block other blogging sites. Very popular, but they recently added ads that can be removed only with a monthly fee.

[|21classes] - a great site for blogging with no ads! Nice because no email addresses are required for students.

[|Blogmeister] - a site completely made up of education blogs. Seattle hill code is seattle494

[|Kidblog] -- does not need email addresses for kids. Very simple - no widgets, videos, etc. Few templates. All posts from students must be approved by teacher. Private - parents need password to view.

[|ePals] An international site where classrooms connect over a specific topic -- ex. Holidays, Global Warming, Weather, Habitats, Maps. -- opportunities to blog and discuss with classes around the world. Can Skype(video conference) as well.

Pictures that students can copy and use in blogs, wikis, reports, etc -- [|Tec4learning.com]

Examples of blogs
[|ArTechTivity] -this is a blog close to home. North Middle School in the Everett School District has an Art and Tech teacher who blogs with her students