Kidblog.org

I just attended a district tech workshop today for the site: kidblog.org. This is a safer alternative to get students blogging! No email address is required for the students (the teacher needs to provide his/hers when setting up an account). Teachers can set up multiple classes and enter the students' user names and passwords. After entering their log ins, teachers can even change how the students are listed! Posts and comments can be screened by the teacher before they are posted, or not. Teachers also set who can view posts or comments. There are only 2 color themes, but students can drop in photos and links to jazz up their entries. The student comments about blogging were amazing. They talked about how much they enjoyed it and how they'll miss it. They were in a class that taught blogging, but talked about how they wished they could blog in all their classes. This was totally motivating to me to get a class blog started!