Blogs in the classroom

Some of you have been debating about using a blog with your classroom.  Before you use a blog there are a few things you need to keep in mind.  First not every student has internet access at home.  For those students you need to make sure they have time during the school day to participate in the blog.  You must also monitor your blog regularly and delete anything that violates the district’s acceptable use policy 815.  Students may not post their last name, their email address, or anything that would allow someone to contact them directly.  Before students may post work on the internet you must have their parents sign the release form.  The form is on the district website.  On the main page go to district information and then choose technology. 

This blog is located at blogs.fundingfactory.com and you can use this for your class blog.  One advantage is that students are not required to register.  They are given the option to provide an email address and their name.  Please inform them not to include their email address or their name.  If a student does you must delete their post.

You may use your blog just within your class or if you teach multiple classes of the same subject you can have all of your classes in one blog.  You may also use the blog with other teacher’s classes in the district or any other class in the world.  If you want ideas on how to use a blog or if you already have ideas please post them here.