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By: Mrs. K

Mrs. K — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:24:54 +0000

@Sue Waters,
Thanks for your help. I’m all set!

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:03:00 +0000

@Mrs. K, Are your existing ones all on Learnerblogs? If so, all Learnerblogs need to be transferred onto Edublogs. Can you email me with the details of these Learnerblogs so I can explain how to transfer? If you already have an existing Edublogs blog you need to follow these instructions to create a new blog.

By: Mrs. K

Mrs. K — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:45:41 +0000

I would like to begin a new blog while keeping my existing ones. I’ve tried searching through all the help pages but didn’t find the info I need. Please help.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:38:24 +0000

@Donna, yes they can use any email address. The only challenge with school emails is sometimes they block the emails from our system – which can cause problems. Alternatively you can use the gmail+ method to create the accounts for them – there is a link to that in the post.

If you want the students to be contributers – i.e. write posts you need to add them as users. Refer to these instructions

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:29:53 +0000

New tech. teacher here! I’m familiar w/Blogger, not edublogger and I’ve already spent a ton of time in that format only to discover that the kids aren’t allowed to have gmail accounts.

They can only use Eudora (UGH! I know, I know) at school. I want to set up one class blog (for each class) and then have the kids create their own individual blogs. Is it OK for them to use ANY email address (their school address) for this to work?

THEN, is there a way to allow the kids to be contributors to their own class’s class blog?

If this format seems possible, I will begin to put my efforts here! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

By: suz01

suz01 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:22:35 +0000

@407blog, if you are concerned about your students comments being private, perhaps an internet blog is not the best medium to use? Perhaps a blog or discussion forum on your school intranet, or a Ning site might work better?

One of the advantages of a public blog is the potential for real world discussions and feedback for your students. As long as they are taught not to reveal personal information, there are a lot of pros to having their blogs open to the public.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:13:38 +0000

@407blog, Most teachers only allow their students to use their first name, first name plus initials or a pseudonym. They also spend a lot of time explaining to their students what is appropriate to say online and what isn't. I suggest you check out the comments on this post as there is information that teachers use to explain these aspects to their students. You can only make Edublogs Supporter blogs private. However if you want specific posts or pages to be private you can password protect them.

By: 407blog

407blog — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:56:18 +0000

I am setting up my blog so students can only comment. My question is, will anyone be able to view their comments? I don’t want them to use their names if our class blog is not private. Can you tell me if the free blogs are private?

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:45:44 +0000

@jeannebp, Yes gmail won’t allow you to create a gmail account with the + character in it because it uses it in the email.

You need to first create a gmail account. For examle jeannebp@gmail.com – once that is created then when you create the students account in your blog you use jeannebp+julie@gmail.com, jeannebp+stan@gmail.com – the system will ignore the + sign and every letter or number after the + sign and send emails to jeannebp@gmail.com