Here is a "hit" of information I have gathered from LM_NETTERS and other
sources
ORIGINAL POST TO LM_NET
I have a teacher who is very interested in starting a classroom blog
about Macbeth. I have no experience with managing a blog. I know that
our filter blocks many if not most of them. However - I do know that
word press http://wordpress.org/ is currently unblocked. I am hoping
to
tap your collective wisdom:
1.) Do you know of other blogging sites that might not be blocked by
interenet filters?
2.) Do you have any teachers who are managing classroom blogs? If so
- can you share the web addresses?
3.) Do you know anyone who is specifically managing a classroom blog
on Shakespeare - or any of his plays?
VARIOUS WEB/BLOG SITES To Try
Blogmeister
http://classblogmeister.com/
This one was recommended a few times. I know that the guy who
organizes it is very good. I would trust anything he organized to be
easy to use and relatively glitch-free.
Moodle
http://moodle.org/
Edublogs
www.edublogs.org
WordPress
www.wordpress.org
SquareSpace
http://www.squarespace.com/
Teacher Hosting
http://www.teacherhosting.com/
$5 per month charge
Typepad
http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/
"You can publish anything instantly. Be the sole author, or share a
weblog with friends, family, or colleagues. Post your vacation photos,
comment on the news, keep a private journal. How you use TypePad is up
to you."
Movable Type 3.2
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/
A\ " premier weblog publishing platform for businesses, organizations,
developers, and web designers. Powerful customization gives you control
over everything you publish and the elegant interface keeps things
simple and clear."
MISCELLANEOUS "STUFF" I FOUND ON WEB
An English 12 blog
http://blogs.writingproject.org/blogwrite64/
Bud The Teacher Blog
http://budtheteacher.typepad.com/bud_the_teacher/teaching_reflection/
Not a blog - but looks interesting
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html
A shakespeare blog (not student created)
http://shakespearemag.blogspot.com/
ASSORTED COMMENTS
At our school, each teacher has a blog that is managed by the school
called Moodle. The high school teacher's love it! You can set
passwords so that only students in your class can access your blog or a
section of your blog. Colleges like to use the software called
Blackboard but it is expensive. There are some free blog sites but
anyone can access the sites. If you would like to look at our school's
moodle site, go to the following link. Beware that many teacher's have
their sections blocked for students but I have my media center open for
anyone to see. http://chs.chapmanirish.net/moodle/
The wordpress.org site is just for downloading the software to install
on your server. Actually, if the school tech dept says OK, it is very
easy to set up (they advertise 5 minutes, and it hasn't taken me that
long the last three times) and run.
But if that is not possible, try class blogmeister, available through
David Warlick <http://classblogmeister.com/> , registration is on right
side.
There is even a flow chart to walk through registration and setup!
Hello,
I just started a blog at www.blogger.com. It's very easy to use and
I'm not aware of any of their blogs being blocked by filters. There's
not much on my blog yet, but if you want to check it out it's at
http://eviespace.blogspot.com/. I didn't have any experience and was
able to set it up in about 20 minutes.
Hello from a bit to the West. Judy Marsh has me coming in for the WFL
SLS library day on Jan 26th. We will be looking at Blogmeister on that
day as well, so if I can help with a bit of a preview let me know.
Blogmeister is not blocked and is indeed very easy to use. Some of the
librarians and teachers over here in GVBOCES are using it. I would be
more than happy to help out with some tips and pointers if you need...
Right now I and the technology specialist at our high school are
working
with an inclusion class to create a science standards blog. We are
using
Blogmeister. You can try to get into it at
http://www.classblogmeister.com.
You will have to get a school password and then establish a techer
account. Students then can have their own accounts
We have a teacher who is using http:/myblogsite.com
having the students write literary responses to the book, Monster by
Walter Dean Myers.
The kids are blowing the teacher away with their responses, I think
we have found the student's current medium for expression.
Hi Jacquie,
I use and really like EduBlogs--http://www.edublogs.org
My blog is located at: http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org
Good luck!
Right now I and the technology specialist at our high school are
working
with an inclusion class to create a science standards blog. We are
using
Blogmeister. You can try to get into it at
http://www.classblogmeister.com.
You will have to get a school password and then establish a techer
account. Students then can have their own accounts
Jacquie
"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
way."
From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
P.O. Box 609
Macedon, NY 14502
315-986-3521 x 3144
jhenry@gananda.org
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm
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