Student_Blogging

Commonly used student blogging platforms
[|21 Classes]

[|Gaggle] (also provides email, discussion boards, digital locker; free and paid versions)

[|ePals]

[|Edublogs]

Using blogs with students
[|Reading Responsiveness 2.0] - [|ASCD] article on how student responses to reading have soared since introducing blogging [|How to Use Blogs in the Classroom] - an article on best practices of blogging at a variety of grade levels [|Blogging is a Great Web 2.0 Gateway for Students] - blog post on using blogging to introduce web 2.0 to students [|The Prose of Blogging (and a few cons, too)] - From THE Journal, an article about how blogging can improve student writing [|What Do Your Students Really Think About Blogging] - From Sue Waters, The Edublogger

Blogs written by or for students
[|South Titan Government Blog] - Topics presented for students to comment on or commentary by students, 2008 Ed in 08 Educational Blog of the Year [|Students 2.0] - blog written by high school students really wanting a voice for their opinions [|Kimchi, Cracker Jacks and Maple Syrup] - a blog written by and for Korean, American, and Canadian primary/elementary students [|Strathpeffer Primary 4 Blog] - a classroom blog from Strathpeffer in Scotland [|The Blurb] - "daily, weekly or sometimes monthly news show created and maintained by some seriously motivated students living in cyberspace!" from North Carolina