Student Voice and Choice
Using Websites and Blogs
Choosing a Site or Program for Your Class Blogs
Questions To Consider
What do you want your student's space to look like?
How much control do you want to have over student materials?
- What can your students handle?
Kidblog
- Free for 30 days
- $44 per teacher / year
- Teachers can moderate posts and comments
- Control the people who can view student blogs
- Link to site
Weebly for Education
- Teacher website + 40 student accounts for free
- Each additional student account = $1
- Student pages can be password protected
- Comments can be moderated by the teacher
- Link to site
Edublogs
- Free, NOW able to moderate with free version
- As of Feb. 3 allows the teacher to manage student accounts in the free version
- $7.95 monthly
- $39.95 yearly
- Link to site
SeeSaw
- Easy to use for young students
- Free
- Link to Site
Google Sites and/or Apps
- Use Docs or Slides
- Provide a page for Student writing URLs to be Shared (ex. Padlet or your class website)
Write the World
- Suggested for high school
- Set up groups or communities for your class
- Use already created prompt or create your own
- Peer review
- Monthly contests
- Link to Site
- How often will I have to post?
- How long do my posts have to be?
- How will my posts be graded?
- Who will be looking at my work?
- Can I post freely or just for assignments?
Don't Limit Students to Only Writing
Let students create video logs using
- Screencastify
- ClipChamp
- WeVideo
- Or capture videos with their phone, iPad, or a good old-fashioned camcorder.
Let students create audio clipping and post them
Get students to interact with their classmates' blogs
- QR Blog Walk
- Blog Scavenger Hunt
These activities are discussed in greater detail in the Blog Setup Checklist
Let's Stay Connected
I am more than happy to discuss blogging in your classroom or other education topics with you! Connect with me through Twitter, Email, Voxer (aplusedtech), or my website.
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