Oh! I can’t believe I missed iTeach 1:1 and Learning to The Core’s “Tune Into Technology” linky party last week! This linky party is one of favorites, as I’m a bonafide tech geek!
Our district uses SharpSchool, which I do…..not…..like! It’s just difficult to maneuver. A few years ago I was looking around other teacher’s blogs for ideas when I saw an amazing site! I immediately contacted that teacher (who happened to be a friend of mine) and she shared with me she uses a blogging platform. She was using
WordPress….so I did too. When our district adopted a new filtering system….boom! WordPress is blocked. I kept looking around and found Edublogs. I absolutely love it!
I linked it to my school website, so that when parents click on my name they go directly to my blog. All the links that I want students to access are on the blog, so I don’t have to waste time having them type in the web address (usually incorrectly). With widgets, I can import our pictures, my google calendar, and so many other things. I can also embed handouts directly into the blog using Box. Parents can print homework and other handouts directly from the website. My parents love it, because if their child lost their homework, they can always print out another copy!
We also use KidBlog for student blogging. The students use KidBlog for all formal writing assignments and for anything else that they want. Some only do the required writing, but I have some students that are still blogging over the summer!
What do you use for your classroom website? What are some awesome tips that you’d like to share with our blogging family?
Until the next time,
