Blogging

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[|Learning to Blog Using Paper]
This idea was recently shared on Twitter. It will be my starting point when I begin to introduce blogging to students.

[|Kid Blog]
====Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog. Kidblog's simple, yet powerful tools allow students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs. [|Set up your class] with **no student email addresses**.Provide your students with an authentic, engaging, and interactive learning experience with Kidblog.====

Listen to some students explain why they blog.
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[|**NBC News clip on student blogging:**]
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Classroom Blog Examples
[|First Grade Example] [|Fifth Grade Example]

=__[|An Interview with Jon Schwartz: Using Student Blogs to Teach Writing] __ =