Kidblog

=Kidblog=

__Categoy / Grade Level__
Blog / Elementary and middle school students

__Brief Description__
This blogging site is designed for elementary and middle school students where the teacher can provide students with an authentic blogging experience in a secure and private environment.

**__Strengths__**

 * Free
 * Easy to use
 * Teacher can create a class blog without needing student e-mail addresses
 * Students can create their own unique and individual blog
 * Blogs are private by default allowing only classmates and the teacher to view the blogs
 * Teacher controls and monitors all student blogs and comments
 * Teacher can send private comments to individual students
 * Teacher can allow blogs to be published and can allow or deny guest comments
 * No personal information is required to set up teacher account
 * There is no advertising on the site
 * Students select their names from a class list rather than remembering a username

__Weaknesses__

 * Lacks more advanced features found on other blogging sites

__Suggestions for Classroom Applications__

 * Students can write about a current topic or controversial topic of interest, then comment on other students' blogs
 * Any creative writing assignment; ie, look at a picture and then create a story
 * Journal about their favorite story, book, or poem

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