With Edublogs (edublogs.org), anyone can leave a comment but
comments require the approval of the blog author before they
are published (the author receives an email that comments
are waiting and the author can preview and then add/delete
comments to the blog). Another option is to make your
student contributors to your blog, as contributors they can
add content but do not have as much "power" as the author.
They each have a login. I have an edublogs manual on my
class website under the "Teacher Items" pages that explains
each of the roles. You can get there by using the
EmpoweredTech blog from my previous message.
Another option would be to check into Class Blogmeister
(also highlighted on EmpoweredTech). I have not used this
blog creator but I recently presented this info at a
conference and an audience member DOES use Class Blogmeister
and said it is an extremely easy and extremely safe blogging
environment for students.
I considered starting a blog for our student council (I am
the sponsor) and I had put together some rules about
posting. Those rules included not using full names, never
identifying the school or location, blogging class content
only, no identifying images.
Good luck! Starting with a question and requiring a
response is a good starting point. It will be neat to see
the collaboration between students, too! :)
n 5/05/08, Tech Teacher wrote:
> I would like to use a blog or wiki (frankly, Im not sure
> of the difference) with my fifth grade students. I don't
> really even know how to get started. I would like to ask
> a question and have them answer it individually. Will
> they all need their own accounts?? Does anyone do this
> and how do you handle it?? What are some examples of
> things they do on these blogs/wikis??
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