Games for Learning. Catalysts for Change. Resource Roundup. The Edublog Awards. Safe, secure, reliable and trusted by over a million users… Blog of proximal development | Digital Discussion: Take Your Class to the Internet. How to set up a blog in your classroom. Credit: Mystic Aquarium This is a multipart article. Go to the beginning. Many teachers have started to experiment with blogs. For some, a blog is an electronic notebook -- one students can't lose (or claim the dog ate). Decide the Main Use for Your Blog How you structure classroom blogs depends on their utility. Classroom management: Use a blog to post assignments, handouts, and notices. Decide How to Grade Work Use blogs to post homework for traditional evaluation. Set Up Your Blog(s) At one of the free blog-hosting sites, such as Blogger, setting up a blog takes only a few minutes. Protect Your Students If your classroom blog is publicly accessible, make sure students use first names only and do not provide personal identifying details.
Bring the Blog into the Classroom When Glogowski's students began blogging, their enthusiasm delighted him. Helena Echlin is a freelance writer in San Francisco.