Jacqueline,
Have your looked at Will Richardson's http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ and David
Warlick's http://classblogmeister.com/ (and book Classroom Blogging) as was
noted by others below.
I would consider these two gentlemen the authorities in this area.
Can't speak to what you folks block and don't!
All the very best,
Doug
Doug Johnson
Director of Media and Technology
Mankato Area Public Schools
Box 8713, 1351 S Riverfront Dr.
Mankato MN 56001-8714
Phone: 507-387-7698 x 473
E-mail: dougj@doug-johnson.com
Web: www.doug-johnson.com
Blue Skunk Blog: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/
If itšs true wešre here to help others, what exactly are the others here
for? George Carlin
On 11/3/05 7:28 AM, "Jacqueline Henry" <JHenry@GANANDA.ORG> wrote:
> 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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