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Original Post: I am planning on doing a lesson on blogs with my 4th graders next week. I want to introduce my blog and have the kids help to name it. I also want to teach them the "basics" of how they work and proper blog behavior. I'd also like to be able to show some that have been in progress as examples. I cannot access any site with the word 'blog' in it due to our internet filter. I am able to run a blog through my webpage at www.myteacherpages.com <http://owa.cliu.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.myteacherpages.com> without being blocked. I was wondering if anyone else uses this site for their own webpages and blog? I would be able to access your webpage and then link into your blog. If you use this site and have a blog set up, would you mind sharing? ---------------------- Not many responses, but here's what did receive: We're using the message board feature of My Teacher Pages for 6-7-8 summer reading responses. You can see the setup, but they are password protected and I don't think I can give out the password. Teachers post starter questions and will monitor over the summer. Students can post without having the message screened, but teachers can take down inappropriate or redundant messages. We've done this in the past using other services. I had a Family Reading one set-up last fall, but did not password protect it. I had to take it down after some long rant on Afghanistan. Haven't gotten around to putting it up again - with a password. ---------------------- I have a blog for students on my site that does not use the word "blog," so you can access it to show your students. It is a place where they share books with other students. We use School Center here for our webpages and a blog page is a feature I had a choice of adding to my site. You can find it on my webpage by clicking on "Book Talk!" in the menu on the left side of the page. I just started it in February. There are around 50 comments on it so far. Sometimes the students comment on a book someone else has written about and sometimes they write about a book no one has written about. P.S. The way my blog is set-up, all submissions have to be approved by me before they are posted. My students know that I will not change their words as long as they are writing about books, but I will fix their capitalization, spelling and punctuation since the site is open to everyone and they wouldn't want their friends or family, much less strangers, to see that they spelled "cool" "coll" or "awesome" "owsum" or didn't know to put a question mark at the end of a question. The only time I reject submissions is when they don't have anything to do with books ("I love you T.J.! Will you marry me?"). As soon as I got my first "I love you..." comment I let everyone know that I can always trace where the comments came from through the administration's computer system (only true if they do it from school on their personal login, but I don't give them that detail). That nipped any inappropriate comments as well as comments written by one person but signed by another - that's what had happened with the "I love you..." comment. Good luck! ------------------------- We use School Center and I don't think it would block it as our filter at school blocks the other sites but mine works fine. Although I'm just starting mine, don't know what I'm doing yet with it, it's very basic and doesn't have any catagories (I can't figure that part out yet and we haven't had any training on it!) Thanks to everyone who responded! It's always fun to try something new! Susan Susan Hanlon K-4 Librarian Northwestern Elementary School 6493 Route 309 New Tripoli, PA 18066 hanlons@nwlehighsd.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------