Student Blogs

To promote writing, publishing, reading, and digital literacies skills, I wanted to create an online blog where students can publish their favorite writings.  Also, students could post their Discovery Quests, respond to questions, and complete other projects online.  Many students have expressed interest in working with computers, and I would like to encourage and develop literacy skills online.

The website we would use is called Kidblog.  "[This website] meets the need for a safe and simple blogging platform suitable for elementary and middle school students.  Most importantly, Kidblog allows teachers to monitor and control all publishing activity within the classroom blogging community."  (Kidblog, 2012).

Here is a list of Kidblog's features that put safety first:

• Teachers have adminstrative control over all student blogs and student accounts.
• You students' blogs are private by default - viewable only by classmates and the teacher.
• For "semi-public" blogs, guest accounts (i.e. parents) can be activated, which would required a password to view and comment on student pages.  (Students would love this!)
• Comment privacy settings block unsolicited comments from outside sources. 
• Kidblog does not collect any personal information from teachers or students.

At the moment, I have a new blog with individual student blogs.  This blog can be found at the following link to my Kidblog website. To log into the website this next link allows students to access the website on its login page.

As a class, we will be reviewing digital etiquette and safety online.  The Kidblog website is safe and password protected.  Please make sure you review the website and write your child’s password down somewhere safe.  Lastly, let me know whether or not you would like your child to participate in this writing project.

Comments or questions please leave one below or call me at school.