Comments on: Blogging Environments

By: tracey carmichael

tracey carmichael — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:15:56 +0000

I still prefer edublogs and learnerblogs for bloging with students. I take it step further than most – all students must link to the ethics of blogging. I spend quite amount of time explaining this is not a MySpace, but a sight for online discussion of your writing. I have on line writing teams and each member is required to post a comment for assisting the writer imporve the article and a commentof the overall impact the article packs for the reader.

By: Powerful article about kids, technology and education « California Dreamin’ by Rob Darrow

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:37:28 +0000

[...] The well researched article cites research from Danah Boyd, Andy Carvin, David Warlick, Will Richardson, and others. READ this article and then you’ll want to share it with the decision makers in your schools. [...]

By: Tim Goree

Tim Goree — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:42:47 +0000

Don’t forget about the all encompassing abilities of Moodle – as an outside service or for hosting yourself on your own server.

By: wide open spaces » Blog Archive » My students’ blogging environments

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:01:45 +0000

[...] Will Richardson last post is on blogging tools and how the different platforms are offering more and more options for educators, like privacy My classes are blogging openly without any privacy control using WordPress.com as the main tool to which a number of sattelites are connected (Flickr, 43Things, Places and People, del.icio.us, Bloglines, Community Walk, Wikispaces) constituting a portfolio. The students have linked all their personal accounts to their main space and have also configured the tools so as to be able to post directly to their blog from them (Flickr, 43Trio) However, not all of them can be integrated that smoothly. [...]

By: hbeebe

hbeebe — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:11:54 +0000

I am a student at Shanghai American School in China. I use blogs to write things for my homework and I enjoy it. Please visit my blog at http://blogs.saschinaonline.org/hbeebe2014/

If you want to see where people visit your blog from around the world go to http://www.clustermaps.com!

By: Mike Radday

Mike Radday — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:45:29 +0000

We recently started hosting our student blogs and wikis on our own server using Microsoft Sharepoint. So far so good.

By: Joan Vinall-Cox

Joan Vinall-Cox — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:08:54 +0000

I have used EduSpaces – http://eduspaces.net/ – formerly Elgg, for a number of classes as well as for my own blogging. It allows great privacy controls, and my students find it easy to use.

By: Monica Rysavy

Monica Rysavy — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:31:45 +0000

Regarding, “Full disclosure: Edublogs hosts this blog in exchange for the ad at right.”

is that something anyone can do? If so, could you point me to a link?

Thanks a bunch!!

By: Jethro Jones

Jethro Jones — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:16:52 +0000

Thanks for this post. I did not know all the different options out there. I use 21classes.com, and I would have liked something else before I committed to them.

By: Tom Hoffman

Tom Hoffman — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:16:07 +0000

I think you should make more clear the distinction between hosted services and software run locally.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:44:48 +0000

I’m using the Edublogs/Learnerblogs combo for school blogging. I like the WordPress engine and interface, and my students have found it pretty easy to use.

By: Mario tout de go

Mario tout de go — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:12:48 +0000

Bloguer ou ne pas bloguer……

Depuis que j’ai pris la décision de participer à l’événement «EduBloggerCon» de juin prochain à Atlanta, je parcours les blogues des personnes qui comptent se présenter à la journ…