Blogging is becoming more and more popular in the classroom. Teachers can blog to stay in touch with parents and students or they can incorporate blogs from all of the students as a learning tool. The beauty of the student blog is that children from early years to high school can blog. No matter how you use blogs in your classroom, these tools will help you get started, enhance your experience, or bring the students into the fun.

Where to Create Your Blog

Creating a blog is the first step. The following resources all offer blog publishing. Some of these are aimed specifically at school blogs while others are available for anyone.

Class Blogmeister

Created as a blogging platform specifically for educators, this free service will get you and your students blogging in no time. An added bonus to this service is that it is rarely blocked by

school filters due to it’s specific safety features.Edublogs

Another blogging platform made just for educators, this service is based on WordPress, so comes with all the features of WordPress. Another benefit of Edublogs is the short and simple URLs for

the blogs that make it easy to share with parents.WordPress

Get a free blog with WordPress and you will also have access to plenty of tools such as spellcheck, integrated stats tracker, and spam protection. This is one of the more popular general blogging platforms.Blogger

Another popular blogging publisher, Blogger is teamed up with Google and offers lots of tools to make your blogging experi-ence easier. You will need a Google account to create a

blog with Blogger.TypePad

TypePad lets you select from thousands of designs and has lots of widgets, custom banners, and more. However, this service is not free. You can take advantage of a free

trial before you decide to pay the low monthly fee or annual subscription, though.LiveJournal

In addition to providing a blog, LiveJournal also makes it easy to create a social network through the blogs. This might work great for your class if all the students will have their own blog as well.Moveable Type

Another free blog publisher, Moveable Type offers many of the same features as the others with a spam blocker, templates, and more.

Tumblr

Not really a full-fledged blogging platform, Tumblr is designed for smaller

posts and a much more personalised experience. If you

aren’t ready to go the way of the blog, this might be a

good way to get your feet wet.

Thingamablog

All you need to get started with this blog platform is FTP, SFTP, or access to a server. The setup wizard will guide you through the steps of getting your blog in place.

Windows Live Writer. Get a Space in Windows Live and download Live Writer to start blogging with this publisher. You can connect with others, post video, and more with Live Writer.

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Blogging Tools for TeachersThese free tools can help teachers when blogging.Smilebox. www.smilebox.com

Create scrapbooks, slide shows, postcards, and more to post on your blog with this tool. While it’s not specifically designed for educators, teachers can receive the premium subscription for free.Avatars. ejourneys.wikispaces.com/avatars

Let your students design their own personal avatars with one of these free tools. Using an avatar lets the students personalise while also

keeping their identity private.VoiceThread. voicethread.com

Create an online presentation with audio and text. You can incorpo-rate PowerPoint, Flickr, Word, PDF, and more. Teachers get a free account.Teacher Training Videos. www.teachertrainingvideos.com

While this site is not specifically for blogging, it is directed at teaching educators how to use technology in the classroom. There are some blogging videos that will help get you started.

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From adding fun photos to maps showing where your blog readers live, these tools will help you and your students create fun and educational blogs.Spellery

www.spellery.com

Type in the URL to your blog and find out if you have any spelling mistakes. This simple tool is invaluable for ensuring your posts are in top shape.Jiglu

www.jiglu.com

This tool creates tags within your blog that allows readers to find more information from your previous blog posts. You can manu-ally assign tags or let Jiglu assign the tags automatically.Wufoo

wufoo.com

If you would like to create an online form for your blog, use this tool to do it for you. It’s easy to use and you’ll be creating polls, invitations, and more right on your blog.AddThis

addthis.com

With this simple tool, you can add a button on your blog that allows readers to easily bookmark and share your website. Having this button will allow parents and other teachers easier access to your site.Buttonator

www.buttonator.com

If you need to create buttons for your blog, this

easy tool will help you with the task. Choose the style, font, color, and more.Bananr

www.bananr.com

Want to put those photos from the class field trip or talent show on your blog? This tool allows you to enter your Flickr user id or photoset id and easily add the photos to your blog.Gickr gickr.com

Add photos to your blog and put them in motion with this tool. Create fun slide shows and more without using difficult software.Website Ribbon Generator

www.websiteribbon.com

Create a ribbon for your favorite cause or use an originally designed ribbon to tie all your students’ blogs together with this simple tool.FeedBlitz

www.feedblitz.com

Add this tool to your blog so readers can have your blog posts sent directly to their email. FeedBlitz also offers widgets to add to your blog such as a blogroll.ClustrMaps

www.clustrmaps.com

When visitors click on your blog, this tool logs their location on a map. Watch as over the life of your blog, the map fills with information on your visitors’ locations. This tool can also serve as a geography lesson.MakeBeliefsComix

www.makebeliefscomix.com

Choose your characters and add word or thought bubbles complete with your own text

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Beware of the blogging disease

Most bloggers that we know all have at least one blogging vice. For me, I am compulsively checking blog stats. Others constantly tweak template designs, obsess over plugins and widgets, spend hour after hour ‘networking’ on Twitter, allow ourselves to become consumed by learning about blogging…. and not do much of it. The reality is that as bloggers there are many tasks that compete for attention. Many of them are important and can bring a lot of life to our blogs but most of them can also become distractions and counter productive to blogging. If you are going to blog, it is important to focus on the most important aspect of blogging – creating content. Don’t get me wrong – the tasks mentioned above can all be important and as bloggers we need to approach our blogging in a holistic kind of way – but the truth is that a blog can certainly be improved if more time is spent on the creation of quality content. A blogger’s challenge is to refocus my energies on creating compelling and useful content. That’s what it all boils down to if you’re looking to improve your blog.

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Getting Students in on the ActionDon’t keep all the fun to yourself - let your students blog too. These resources offer suggestions and tools for getting students into blogging.

21Classes.

www.21classes.com

Set up classroom homepages and host and manage blogs for your students with this free service. Students can customise their pages and insert photos and videos.

Students 2.0.

students2oh.orgThis blog is run by students and allows them a chance to raise their voice on the topic of education. Not only does this blog serve as an example of what student blogs can be, it is also a great tool to share with your older students.

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to create your very own comic strip. This is a fun activity for students to incorporate in their blogs, too.TagCrowd. tagcrowd.com

Create a cloud of words from your blog with this tool. Once you have created the cloud, the tool will provide the HTML code so you can put it on your blog. 30. widgetbox. Add any imaginable widget to your blog with this tool. Let your students run wild to allow their individuality to shine with these widgets that range from clocks to animals to word searches.LabPixies.

www.labpixies.com

Add any number of fun widgets like Google maps, games, calendars, and more on your blog. There are some great learning opportuni-ties among these.gabcast.

www.gabcast.com

Record using your phone and post audio on your blog with gabcast. This tool can also be used to host conference calls, which would be helpful with parent-teacher conferences.BlogRolling.

blogrolling.com

With this tool, you can add a blogroll to your blog to show readers what other blogs you find interesting. The is great for localizing a whole class worth of blogs in one spot.

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Teaching Blogging with Students1. Group the students into “learning circles”. The 4-5 members of that group read and comment on

each other’s blogs before the rest of the class. This ensures everyone receives comments – not just

the popular students.

2. Give the students time to play around and personalise their blogs. 21classes.com allows

students to change background colors, themes, etc.

3. Make reading and writing blogs a priority.

4. Give specific ideas on what to post but allow extra postings and creativity.

5. Teach the students how to comment. Develop etiquette rules for commenting on blogs.

6. Teach digital citizenship: only first names, don’t identify school, use an avatar or create an

image in Photoshop, be kind when commenting, take blog seriously, and write for intended

audience.

7. Moderate all comments.

8. Have parents approve topics and give consent. Students should agree to abide by blog rules and

etiquette.

Why Blog with Students?- Worldwide audience

- Authentic audience

- Engagement & motivation

- Important to show how to blog appropriately and sensibly

- Comments function provides

- Blogging gives a real context for teaching ethics, netiquette & digital citizenship

- Child Protection & Internet Safety - Blogging gives you a real context teaching internet safety.

- Blogging gives you a real context teaching copyright and academic property.

- Cooperation & Collaboration

- Writing processes

- Creative process

- Blogging is easy

- Improved spelling - I’ve put this one down the list a bit but blogging can be a motivator to

using spelling conventions.

- Learn to type

How to Install WordpressWordpress is one of the most popular blogging software applications that are freely available. Installation is simple and quick. Follow these short steps to install the application on to your school internet siteAssumptions: You have a domain name, have organised hosting and understand how to transfer files to and from a host using FTP.I will be creating a blog called www.thinkingcopy.com which will deal with copywriting issues.

1. Check that your domain name has propagated by entering it into a browser. It should respond with a page saying “index of /” and possibly some mention of CGI and FTP (every host is different). Domain names sometimes take 2 days after purchase to be recognised by the web.

2. Creating local folders. Create a set of folders to hold the new site, themes and plugins as per the image to the right. Leave the Site folder empty as we will be filling it in shortly. This will provide you with an ongoing structure for modifica-tion and backup. This is important as recently there have been a large number of Wordpress sites hacked.Tip: Unlike Microsoft and Apple, Unix filenames are case sensitive. “My.txt” and “my.txt” are two different files.

3. Download Wordpress. Fire up the browser of your choice and point it at www.wordpress.org Download the current version of Wordpress into the Backups folder. Once this is complete unzip the download into the Site folder.

4. Create the project.txt fileIt is time to create the memory aid file called project.txt for this site and save it in the Project folder. This file is a lifesaver in 6 months when you have forgotten all the details of the site. Using Notepad, create a txt file to contain passwords etc. Where possible use copy and paste to reduce errors. You will need to record the following as they become known:

5. Create the MySQL databaseTo create a MySql database you will need to login to the cPanel of your host and select “MySql Databases”. cPanel versions vary but it will look something like the icon to the left.

Enter the lower case database name in the “Create database” form and commit. After acceptance your database name will appear in the

“Current databases” section of the page.Enter the full name used in your project.txt file and save (in this case choswom_thinkingcopy). Note some hosts add a security name to the left of the given name. The addition to the name is part of the name.

Now create a user for the database. I suggest that you use the default of “admin”. Use the “generate password” option and set the length to an odd number greater than ten. This makes the password harder to crack. Record the full user id and password in your project.txt file and save.

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Now you will need to add the user to the database. This is usually the last prompt on the page. Grant yourself all privileges. You will need them.

6. Edit the Wordpress ConfigurationThe next step is to configure Wordpress. The file wp-config-sample.php is the template for the wp-config.php file. You will find this in the Site folder. Using Notepad or some other text editor open the file and make the following changes. By the way, Notepad can edit any text based file if you change the file type to “All files” in the Open file dialog box.Now we need to tell Wordpress the name of the database, the user id and password. You will see lots of text and slashes around strings like “define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere’);” at about line 19.Replace the “putyourdbnamehere” with the database name entered in the project.txt file.Use copy and paste – it is easier and more accurate.Continue and replace “usernamehere” and “yourpasswordhere”. Keep the single quotes intact!Enter the Authentication keys.The best way is to use the Wordpress servicehttps://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ as displayed in the blue box. Copy the four lines of text presented and paste them over the template lines.The next step is to define the Table Prefix. The default is “wp_” which everybody knows. Make it a little more difficult for hackers by changing this to something unusual like “xo_”. Record this in your project.txt file and save.

Save the wp-config-sample.php file as “wp-config.php” in the site folder.

7. Create .httaccess file and uploads folderCreate a file called “.htaccess” in the Site folder. The file name contains a dot then “htaccess” The easy way to do this is to use Notepad. Remember to set the file type to “All files” as you save it.Create a folder named “wp-” followed by your domain name less the com or com.au. Mine would be “wp-thinkingcopy”. In this folder create another folder called “uploads” all lower case.

8. Upload to the HostWe have done most of the setup. It is time to upload the contents of the “Site” folder into “public-html” on the server using FTP. This should not take long.Using the Permissions (CHMOD) facility of the FTP software, change the permissions for the .htaccess file to 777 and the uploads folder to 777. This is temporary and will allow Wordpress admin to access them during setup.

9. First LoginNow the moment of truth. On your browser, enter your domain name followed by “/wp-admin”. In my case that would be www.thinkingcopy.com/wp-admin If you are presented with an error screen check the login and password or the database details as directed. Correct then refresh the screen by F5 to try again. You will be presented with a welcome screen soliciting the name of the blog and the administrator’s email.Enter them then click on the Install Wordpress button to be led to a new login screen.It is IMPORTANT to copy the password displayed.

You will need it in a moment.

You will now be presented with the standard Wordpress login screen. Enter your user id and password from the previous screen.When you are presented with the Wordpress dashboard, select the link at the top of the page to go to “my profile page”.Failing that you may access the screen via the “Your Profile” option in the “Users” menu. At the bottom of the profile page you may enter your new password and confirm it. Enter the new password into your project.txt file and save.

10. Some More SettingsWe will move the “uploads” directory from the default to our wp-domain folder created in step 8. I do this to totally separate code which changes when upgraded and our uploaded images etc.Choose the Miscellaneous item in the Settings menu and change the location of the “uploads” folder.Unless you are using a very large number of images, uncheck the month/year option to save you hunting through many folders for a file.All Done!

11. Congratulations - Wordpress is Now Installed!

How to Install a Widget to Customise WordpressWidgets perform a myriad of functions from listing contents to displaying purchases from a shopping cart. The majority of Wordpress sites have a content column and either one or two sidebars for other content or navigation. The beauty of Wordpress is its flexibility. I will demonstrate this with a site partly developed.Here the page has only a search box on the right.

Here the page has a search and some navigation to the right.

How do we do this?The theme used for the site has numerous different

sidebars. This allows the flexibility to have a different configuration for each page set.The image to the right shows 3 sidebars with widgets. The first is only a search box, the second shows a list of pages for the Copywriting section, the third shows both a search box and a list of pages for Web Services section.The current version of Wordpress has a drag and drop interface for widgets.To add or remove a widget from a sidebar, you drag the widget either on or off the sidebar.

There are two main widgets used here, Search and Flexi pages. To add them to their respective sidebars, they were dragged from their red garage to the left into the sidebars to the right as shown by the blue lines.When docked a widget often opens and accepts configuration information such as the heading and a list of pages to show.Many widgets are the visible part of a plugin. About twelve are loaded with Wordpress as a starter kit.To add more look in the plugins area of wordpress.org/extend/plugins At the time of writing the site boasted some 7,277 plugins, 61,367,605 downloads, and counting. Choose your plugin, download to your computer, expand the zip file and upload the expanded folder into the wp-content/plugins folder. Open the Plugins / installed menu item and activate the plugin. It will either appear as part of the menu at the left of the admin page or in the widgets list.Good hunting!

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Internet safety is very important. In order to participate in our class blogs, please read the following list of agreements with your child. Please sign and date this agreement and return to me. Thanks for your cooperation! 1. I will never post any information more personal than my first name nor will I post pictures of myself. 2. I will not plagiarise, instead I will expand on others’ ideas and give credit where it is due. 3. I will use language appropriate for school. 4. I will not insult my fellow students or their writing. 5. I will only post pieces that I am comfortable with everyone seeing; other pieces I will keep as drafts. 6. I will not be afraid to express my ideas, while not overgeneralising or making derogatory/inflammatory remarks; any posts or edits on controversial issues must either be submitted to the teacher prior to posting or be a part of a classroom project/question which addresses controversial issues. 7. I will use constructive/productive/purposeful criticism, supporting any idea, comment, or critique I have with evidence. 8. I will take all online content creation seriously, posting only things that are meaningful and taking my time when I write. 9. I will try to spell everything correctly. 10. I will not use my public writing (blog posts, comments, discussion topics, wiki edits) as a chat room, instead, I will save IM language for private conversations. 11. I will not bully others in my blog posts or in my comments. 12. I will never access another student’s account in order to pose as them or look at their personal content, but I will advise them when they haven’t logged out of their computer from my own account. 13. I will be proactive in monitoring the comments that others leave on my blog, using the comment blacklist if necessary. 14. I will personalise my blog and keep my writing authentic, while taking responsibility for anything blogged in my name. 15. I will not provoke other students in my blog posts or comments. 16. I will use my online content as an extension of the classroom, and in doing so, I will leave anything that is unsaid in the classroom unsaid online. 17. I will only post photos which are school appropriate and either in the creative commons or correctly cited.

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Murray Bridge High School

This professional site uses image transitions on its homepage to give visitors a good idea of the calibre of extracurricular activities offered at the school. While some basic information is missing, including upcoming events and school hours, there is an impressive virtual tour and a contact page that uses Google maps and a user-friendly email contact form. Overall, the site is up to date, includes a number of newsletters and other news items that are somewhat current. The site is full of content with photos that keep readers entertained while they browse.

Devonport High School

While on first glance, the site looks fresh and professional, the main page image transitions bog down the loading time of the home page. In fact, many of the images on the site load very slowly and they are a distraction for visitors searching for information. Once the photos load, however, the site give visitors a good idea of what the school is about. The site lacks updated newsy items, and the most recent newsletter is months out of date. That being said, the site does contain useful information about the curriculum and facilities, as well as contact information that’s easily accessible.

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This site has a clean, refreshing feel, with a vast amount of current information for visitors, including up to date information about exams and flu season. It also has an interactive assessment and study guide for students and a login for teachers. The contact page lists basic information, along with the names of the school’s teachers.The site’s only downfall is that it lists too much information, and the amount of text can cause the reader to lose interest. Some important information - including admission fees – is also hidden deep into the site, causing parents to dig for something that should be easy to find.

Eppalock Primary School

This site appears to be a low priority for the school. On the main page, there are many features that promote social interaction on the site, including a blogroll and a link to recent posts and comments, but none of these features are in use. The administration does make a note that the site is a work in progress, but with the last update taking place more than six months ago, it appears no work has taken place in some time. While some links are active, they contain no written content, let alone images. The site does show potential – if it’s completed. At this point, it’s difficult to tell what the school is about.

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