‘Back to school’ commenced in the Northern Hemisphere. Lots of educators new to blogging are looking for advice on using blogs with their students.
It’s time we all helped them out and update our list of ‘must read’ posts on student blogging! Yes, we’ve had similar conversations BUT — with experience our ideas and [...]
“Share your tips” — and win BIG!
Check Out This Two Page Blog Guide For Parents!
Duh! So obvious but how many of you, like me, and hadn’t considered making it easier for your intended audience to read posts should include a paper based guide?
Good news is Kathleen McGeady did and has been nice enough to share her “Making the Most of the 2KM blog” two-page guide which is [...]
Ideas For Student Bloggings From….How Do You Do What You Do!
Said it before and will say it AGAIN! Most great conversations and learning happens in the comments and not the post. But reading all comments on blogs can overwhelming so I thought I would help out.
Here are just some of the ideas I’ve gained from conversations on Student Blogging…..How Do You Do What [...]
Parents Comments Count!
Comments are incredible motivators for student bloggers. Shame most parents and families rarely leave comments on student blogs. Yet a thoughtful and encouraging comment from a parent can mean so much to their child.
Can you please leave a comment (or write a post) to share your thoughts and tips:
What do you think are the main [...]
What Do Your Students Really Think About Blogging?
The student and class bloggers have been working hard and submitted some incredible entries for The Edublogger’s Student Competition. Strongly recommend you read through the comments to follow links across to their posts. Definitely will be showcasing these posts over the next few weeks.
To get us started I’m hoping you can help out!
Hayley and [...]
Looking For Global Projects For Your Students?
Looking for activities to do with your students?
Here’s a couple of projects that I’m watching that might interest you. Meanwhile if you know of any other projects that would interest educators – please leave a comment to share so we can all check them out.
Connecting Student Bloggers
Last year Miss Wyatt coordinated an International student blogging [...]
The Student Blogging Competition Is About To Begin: Have You JOINED?
The Student Blogging Competition starts this week!!!
So far there’s over 100 school students and 8 class blogs from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and USA involved. The competition is now also multilingual — with the weekly tasks written in both English and Portuguese.
You don’t need your own blog! You can do the activities using your [...]
Share your Blogging Experience and Tips For Educators New To Blogging
When you’ve never blogged it can be hard to visualise how to use blogs with students.
I like to stress that the most important aspect of blogging, and where the most learning happens, is in the conversations. So I’m hoping you will write a comment on this post or write your own post (which links [...]
Meet the miniLegends — Check Out How They Customise Their Own Blogs
Al Upton, an educator based in South Australia, is extremely fortunate to work with the talented miniLegends, a class of Year 3 students, aged 8 and 9. Last year I was incredibly fortunate to be able to work closely with the miniLegends during the 31 Days to Build A Better Blog — which involved [...]


