Get+Started

[|Kidblogs] or [|Edublogs] or [|PikiFriends] or [|Class Blogmeister] Tutorials: [|Kidblogs] (5 minutes on how to begin; dashboard overview) [|Kidblogs] (5 minute tutorial-a larger overview than the above) [|Edublogs](5 minutes each; how to begin; writing posts & more) [|ClassBlogmeister] (several tutorials) [|PikiFriends] (tutorials for teacher features; student features)
 * //Get Started! //** [[image:la_digital_storytelling.gif width="178" height="138"]]

[|How to Set Up a Classroom Blog: 10 Essential Steps]by PikiFriends Co-Founder, Jeff Dionne.


 * Visit: Begin2Blog Wikispaces to see the What and Why of Blogging.
 * Visit: [|30 Classroom Blogs] to view different classroom blogs from around the world to get ideas.
 * Visit:[| Reach Rocketeers] - a classroom Blog
 * Visit: [|Ultimate Guide to To the Use of Blogs in Teaching.] This is a summary of Using Blogs in Teaching and the Classroom.
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Visit: [|Continue Student Blogging] : A slideshare by Langwitches, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano about benefits of student blogging.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Visit: [|Four Part Series on Student Blogging] by Langwitches, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Visit: [|Blogging With Students Livebinder] compiled by Greta Sandler.


 * //<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Blog Content! //**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> **Establish a Goal**:

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> Do you want your students to share information? Reflect upon a learning activity? or Blog just for fun?

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> **Topics:**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> Write what they are passionate about! Give clear expectations.


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> Frequency: **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Have students post on a regular basis to build readership.


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> Comments: **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> Creating content that asks readers to respond makes blogging a 2 way conversation. Respond to those who leave comments.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">//**Characteristics of a Post**//