Edublogs



= **Edublogs** =

Edublogs
Tool to easily create and use a blog. There are three levels of service: Free (each student would need an account, though no email address is required); Pro (teacher can create up to 50 blogs; costs ~$3.33/month); Campus (designed for whole schools/districts; costs vary). Click this link (Blog Comparison) to compare features/services from Edublogs, Blogger and Wordpress. (Taken from the Edublogs site.)

Educational Uses
Directly from the Edublogs.org site:

Anything that you post to your blog will instantly be accessible by your students from school //and// from home. What’s more, you can easily manage who gets to access them through passwords and privacy measures. Students can simply respond to blog posts and discuss topics through comments or on our simple to use forums. Seamlessly produce a custom designed, finely tuned and engaging collaborative online publication by your class. Always enjoyed photocopying and stapling pages and pages of newsletters on a Friday afternoon? Thought not! It’s ridiculously simple to post class information, news, events and more on your Edublog. Your Edublog can be used to glue together your students’ blogs which you can quickly create, co-manage, and even edit if needed. We all love planning, right? Using an Edublog can turn planning and reflecting on classes into a genuinely productive – and even collaborative – experience. In just a couple of clicks, you can embed online videos, multimedia presentations, slideshows and more right into your Edublog posts. You can use comments, forums, or even customized forms to collect feedback, survey data, or ask anyone you’d like to give input or ideas. One of the great things about Edublogs is that they are much, much more than just blogging tools. In fact, you can use your edublog to create a multi-layered, in-depth, multimedia rich website – that hardly looks like a blog at all.
 * 1. Share materials, news, downloads, links and more **
 * 2. Facilitate online discussions and collaboration **
 * 3. Create a class publication that students can easily publish to and you can easily edit **
 * 4. Replace your newsletter and stay in touch with parents about what is going on in class **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">5. Get your students blogging so that they can share their work and thoughts **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">6. Share your lesson plans **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">7. Integrate videos, podcasts, and other media **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">8. Create blogs for clubs, student groups, events, sports teams, or just about any type of group **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">9. Get feedback or gather information **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">10. Create a fully functional website **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A short video clip of the above list for those visual learners, from the Edublogs sit:

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'How to...'
This clip provides a tutorial about how to get started with a 'Free' account:

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The 'Help' area (click 'Help') is full of useful tools; surpasses most tech sites.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Examples
This example (Huzzah!) comes from the Edublogs site and was made by a Grade 6 class in the Comox Valley.